Best Movie Ever

i think this is an important film, because it shows what someone will do to preserve their life(and possibly beliefes). it asks what would you ,yes you- do to keep yourself alive in a mad situation like that. in that the person is not a hero is similar to roman polanski's last film -the pianist. most people do go along with the tide, however it is. and they try to to fit in and think it cant get worse..ask yourself what would you do in the same situation. this was a young boy caught up in things beyond his control who made the best that opportunity allowed. also being a true story although admitedly changed for the cinema i think its scary and something to make people think about so called racial identy.
well thats my rant over

I've watched this film many times and each time it is horrifying and amazing to think of the things that Solly must have went through. Although Agnieszka Holland changed a lot of things in the film that differs from the book, mainly for dramatic purposes, it still shows the madness of Solly's situation. One of the most strongest scenes in the film is where Solly or "Jupp" is being examined by his race instructor. He is being declared an authentic Aryan in a school where National Socialism is culitvated and where being able to identify Jews is a science. It proves how false their doctrine was. Here a Jew stands before them but they have no idea. This film also shows the extreme beliefs that Solly was exposed to during his childhood. A German Jewish family, orphan in a Soviet Orphanage, and a HitlerJugend. I recommend the book by Solomon Perel. It is just as fascinating as the movie.

yeah of course, best movie ever, only topped by "Plan 9 from Outer Space" und "Battlefield Earth". And nearly all other movies. Horrible acting, laughable dialogue, massive mistakes concerning historic accuracy, just a plain dumb movie. Even the german massmedias, which normally applaude any movie about this topic couldn't avoid the fact that its simply awful. And it nearly put an end to Marco Hofschneiders career.

dont know why i was rather disappointed with the ending.
it all came to me only later, that he went and joined his brother and such...
but it wasn't as concluding as i hoped it would be.
in a sense i guess i loved it so much i didnt want the movie to end.

Best compared to what other movies. No offense but I think you should see more movies.

I think I somewhat agree, although Schindler's List seems to be the most powerful I've ever seen. But being an American we're not used to seeing real powerful movies of this caliber. So called movie experts rant on and on about Citizen Kane and Casablanca. Neither of them moved me at all, they actually were so boring I had to watch them in segments. Even talking about them is making me yawn.

Yes, a VERY powerful movie. Very moving.

A little Polish propaganda in it, by a Polish director. Otherwise, it's pretty good.