Fatherland (1994)

by Yizuman 4 Replies latest social entertainment

  • Yizuman
    Yizuman

    I never got to see this movie and am trying to get it now. This copy got stolen from a video rental store, thus I never got to rent it when it came out.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109779/

    Synopsis:

    Fictional account of what might have happend if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide. Written by Rob Hartill

    "Fatherland" shows a world where Nazi Germany won the Second World War after repulsing the Allied invasion at Normandy. Now, in the 1960's, Germany continues to fight a bitter guerilla war with the Soviet Union and desperately needs an alliance with the United States in order to finally beat Stalin's war machine. However, when local SS-homicide detective Xavier March begins investigating the mysterious death of a Nazi Party Official, a coverup is revealed involving the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. With the assistance of an American journalist, March probes deeper and discovers the full truth about what happened to the Jews; a truth that could destroy the peace process with America and a truth that Nazi and SS leaders will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Written by Anthony Hughes {[email protected]}

    Anybody seen it? Hope this movie is good.

    Yiz

  • cognac
    cognac

    no but sounds interesting!

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  • Apostapler
    Apostapler

    I've seen the movie and read the book by Robert Harris. I think it was wonderfully made, but I am always biased toward the book when faced with a movie adaptation. I don't think you will regret either choice. The movie starts out like a Law and Order episode, whodunit and why, then moves into March discovering his happy, regimented life is built upon lies. Charlie is sexy and she brings a lot of fire to the movie with her wit and journalist determination to get the truth, even risking her death.

  • Yizuman
    Yizuman

    Just finished watching it and this movie is something else. Very different.

    Great storyline and good ending. Might be something to check out if your local movie rental place has a copy of it.

    Yiz

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