The Resistance – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – World Cinema – R
Director: Claus Rafle
Writer: Claus Rafle, Alejandra Lopez (Screenplay)
Cast
- Max Mauff (The Matrix Resurrections)
- Alice Dwyer (Ma folie)
- Ruby O Fee (Polar)
- Aaron Altaras
- Victoria Schulz
- Florian Lukas (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Plot: While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin “free of Jews” in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.
Runtime: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict on The Resistance
The Resistance is a documentary drama following four Jews who hid in plain sight during Nazi-occupied Germany. It follows their stories of survival and making lives for themselves to help others. We get a mix of dramatic retelling and interviews from the real survivors.
This tells their incredible stories, which showed how they adapted to survive the situation they face. It proved that people can always adjust, and the horrendous mindset of the Nazis was causing them to lose friends and loved ones.
This is an interesting addition to the already vast number of amazing stories of survival. However, deciding to mix it into a documentary and drama makes things less engaging. It could have been even stronger if it had committed to a full drama or documentary, and the stories would have had even more time to shine.
Where to Watch
JustWatch
Final Thoughts – The Resistance is an interesting series of stories.
