Rent My Best Enemy (2011)
3.5 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- March 12th 1938: As the full might of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich descends on Vienna, two lifelong friends find their worlds torn apart as the brutal Nazi regime tightens its iron grip on the country. Friend becomes enemy as one is indoctrinated into the Nazi SS, while the other is unceremoniously sent to the camps. Years later, destiny forces them together again as the former friends' lives become inextricably entwined in an audacious plot that will determine the fate of the war.
- Actors:
- Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller, Udo Samel, Uwe Bohm, Rainer Bock, Christoph Luser, Serge Falck, Marcello De Nardo, Karl Fischer, Jim Libby, Wolfgang Pampel, Hanus Polak Jr., Hans-Michael Rehberg
- Directors:
- Wolfgang Murnberger
- Writers:
- Paul Hengge, Wolfgang Murnberger
- Aka:
- Mein Bester Feind
- Studio:
- Metrodome
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (1) of My Best Enemy
An Excellent & Entertaining German WWI/art forgery/body swap Film which starts in Austria in 1938 - My Best Enemy review by PV
This independent German film is based on a novel - and follows a twisting thriller trope, with plenty of comedy too. A bit like UK TV series New Tricks or any other about art forgeries.
It is also an identity swap drama/comedy and original in that, however unbelievable. I doubt this actually happened. Though some Allies spies dressed as Nazis and some Nazis dressed as Allies troops - in the fog of war and invasion.
Best to focus on the drama and comedy, not the details here or the trueness to life - the concentration camp inmates look far too well-fed and healthy, for a start.
A nice documentary on the making on the EXTRAS which is worth a watch - it points out most WWII films about Jews show them being saves. Here the Jew saves himself.
I enjoyed it,. 4 stars.
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