L'armée du crime

Eine sehr unübliche Darstellung des Zweiten Weltkrieges im okkupierten Frankreich. Nach dem Lesen eines Interviews mit dem Regisseur wusste ich, dass mir dieser Film nicht entgehen darf. Sein Bemühen um Zeitlosigkeit und eine starke Aussage ist in jeder Einstellung zu spüren. Simon Abkarian in der Rolle des Widerstandschefs, eines Dichters, angetrieben von der eigenen Verantwortung und teilweise von Rache, Virgine Ledoyen in der Rolle seiner ergebenen, treuen und liebenden Gattin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin in der Rolle eines Inspektors, dem es an den Hals geht, alle drei sind die Zugpferde des hervorragenden Schauspielerensembles, das sich bei L’armée du crime begegnet ist. Solche Filme sollten im Geschichtsunterricht an Grund- und Oberschulen gezeigt werden, gegen das Vergessen. (01.10.2009)

In the Czech Republic, it has recently become popular to criticize one's own nation in terms of how they behaved towards people during World War II. And behold. Even France, which has always been quite nationalistic, has started engaging in this self-flagellation. This film shows France from a slightly different perspective, from the side of the Jewish resistance, who tried their fate in Paris, only to pay for it. It is definitely an interesting film with many powerful thoughts. Mostly regarding France's attitude towards Jews during World War II. However, the film was incredibly boring and its length was honestly a huge suffering, which is a shame because such a theme should be seen throughout Europe so that everyone realizes that we are all just people and that the past was incredibly difficult, as everything was interconnected and even a minor mention could lead to the death of a loved one and so on. Shame. I liked the idea in the film, if it were shorter, I would give it a try and wouldn't criticize it here. (02.05.2012)