Rent Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)
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What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? The question that tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. The Nazis hanged him on April 9, 1945, less than a month before the end of the war. Bonhoeffer's last years, his participation in the German resistance and his moral struggle are dramatized in this film. More than just a biographical portrait, "Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace" sheds light on the little-known efforts of the German resistance. It brings to a wide audience the heroic rebellion of Bonhoeffer, a highly regarded Lutheran minister who could have kept his peace and saved his life on several occasions but instead paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. - Actors:
- Ulrich Tukur, Johanna Klante, Robert Joy, R.H. Thomson, Tatjana Blacher, Ulrich Noethen, Susanne Lothar, Richard Partington, Dominique Horwitz, Justus von Dohnányi, Rosemarie Fendel, Christian Goebel, Blu Mankuma, Dieter Kirchlechner, Christian Doermer
- Directors:
- Eric Till
- Producers:
- Gabriela Pfändner, Kurt Rittig, Christian P. Stehr
- Writers:
- Gareth Jones, Eric Till
- Studio:
- Vision Video
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (1) of Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace
A Little Disjunct but Sensitive Depiction - Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace review by CV
I had recently read a biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and was interested to see how his life and influence was depicted on screen. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor, was convinced that the church should stand against the blasphemy of Nazism often treading a dangerous line of compromise of conscience. He set up the Confessing Church seceding from the main church which absorbed concessions to and adoption of Nazism into the church service and practice. Of course this marked him out to be a traitor despite being “covered” as a spy.
Unfortunately the film was not able to follow his career in detail and I felt the narrative was quite disjunct. Time passed quickly and we seem to jump from one moment to another with events missing or assumed. However, Bonhoeffer was played very sensitively and projected a very likeable and compassionate character but the part played by his fiancée stole each scene she appeared in and added poignancy to the grimness of the plot.