Rent The Resistance (2017)
3.7 of 5 from 128 ratings
1h 46min
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- Synopsis:
June 1943, Germany. The Nazi regime has declared Berlin "judenfrei"- free of Jews. However, 7,000 Jews have succeeded in pulling off the unthinkable. Hiding in attics, basements, and warehouses, and protected by courageous Berliners, they have become invisible to the authorities. 'The Resistance' tells the story of four survivors. Cioma (Max Mauff) is an art student who uses his drafting skills to forge passports in exchange for food ration cards; Hanni (Alice Dwyer) dyes her hair blond and tries to pass as Aryan; teenager Eugen is handed to a succession of sympathetic Communist families; and Ruth (Ruby O. Fee) must resort to roaming the streets before being taken in by a surprising protector. - Actors:
- Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras, Victoria Schulz, Florian Lukas, Andreas Schmidt, Sergej Moya, Lucas Reiber, Rick Okon, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Maren Eggert, Steffi Kühnert, Swetlana Schönfeld, Naomi Krauss, Horst-Günter Marx, Adriana Altaras, Lena Binski, Silvina Buchbauer, Tania Carlin
- Directors:
- Claus Räfle
- Producers:
- Frank Evers, Claus Räfle, Jörg Schulze
- Writers:
- Claus Räfle, Alejandra López
- Aka:
- The Invisibles / Die Unsichtbaren
- Studio:
- Signature Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (6) of The Resistance
History from the Sharp End - The Resistance review by KW
Interesting bio pic film covering the small band of Jewish people who survived the world war 2 living and working in Berlin. Well told and the performances of actors recreating the life of the actual people were excellent. If you have an interest in the period a film well worth watching.
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A Good Addition To Holocaust History - The Resistance review by JP
We often see films about Jewish people being dragged away to the death camps. But there are other stories not as well known. Instead of,'Resistance,' I would have called the film, 'Hiding.' The real life people tell the story of their survival in Berlin throughout WWII. The acting by their film counterparts is excellent. Yes! There were Good Germans who saved Jews. Why don't we learn the lessons of history? I knew people hidden during the war as children. We went to school together in America. What stories they had.
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Drama-documentary (not just a drama movie!) about 4 of the 7000 Jews who hid in Berlin in WWII. - The Resistance review by PV
This is a superb drama-documentary. It says it is a drama on the DVD and on the Cinema Paradiso listing I saw - but this is one of those drama-documentaries one often sees on TV with real-life people, now in old age, are interviewed re their experience of WWII.
A fascinating and overlooked area, the Jews who hid in Berlin, even though Goebbels stated in 1943 that Berlin was Jew-free. Most were found of course or betrayed; but some survived and four relate their experience here. Watch to the end to see where they went after the war.
I wanted to know more about those who helped them and how many Germans did. Anti-Semitism was rife in Germany as in the USSR in early 20th C and Hitler was massively popular amongst Germans - at least when they were winning the war (until Stalingrad early 1943, which had been on the cards since Britain successfully resisted invasion because no army can win a war on 2 fronts, as Goring himself said and knew, and yet he went along with Adolf).
A tragic period in European history. Oh to have all the Jews back - instead of more troublesome communities...
5 stars. Should be shown in schools, this.
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