Rent Joy Division (2006)
3.0 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- "Joy Division" is a fast-paced story about memory, youth, identity and love amidst a backdrop of war. In the last days of World War 2, a teenager is forced into battle against the advancing Red Army. In a time of ferocious street battles, pillage and unspeakable savagery amidst the shattered towns of the Third Reich, he is captured by the Russians and disappears behind the Iron Curtain which falls across Europe. 17 years later, now a graduate of an elite Soviet school, he is recruited by his former enemies and sent on a mission by the KGB to London at the height of the Cold War.
- Actors:
- Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen, Bernard Hill, Lea Mornar, Michelle Gayle, Sean Chapman, Sybille Gebhardt, Bernard Kay, Suzanne von Borsody, Ricci Harnett, Levente Törköly, Marlon Kittel, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Gyula Benedek, Péter Kertész, Thomas Darchinger, Ram John Holder, Kincsõ Pethõ, Lili Bordán
- Directors:
- Reg Traviss
- Producers:
- Kim Leggatt
- Voiced By:
- Lucy Walker
- Writers:
- Rosemary Mason, Reg Traviss
- Studio:
- Momentum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, Remembering: Bernard Hill
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Reviews (1) of Joy Division
Passable but Flawed Hungarian Film with Good WWII scenes & Weak London 1960s scenes - Joy Division review by PV
I rented this because it stars Tom Schilling, a great German actor who was in the brilliant Generation War (2013) though he looks much younger than he is (born 1982 so 24 here playing 14!). An advantage for an actor..
This film itself is Hungarian really and a bit of a mess - the scenes in WWII are by far the best.
I just did not believe Ed Stoppard was the grown-up version of Tom Schilling though - he sounded like a Londoner, no trace of a German accent which is silly. As is the relationship with the black London girl. As is a lot of the spy stuff and the end (no spoilers).
But the scenes in Germany etc are great though not a patch on a classic like DOWNFALL or GENERATION WAR.
3 stars
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