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Thomas Kretschmann's high billing


I love this. He has such a tiny amount of screen time that you'd think he would be far, far down the list, but instead he's on the cover of the DVD, has his name before the title on the back, and gets big letters at the end along with Adrian Brody. I think it's Polanski's way of saying how important his character really was and honoring Hosenfeld in the best way that he could.

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yes..Thomas K. is absolutely amazing in this film. I wish I could see him in more films. I know this was quite some time ago, but he really is amazing.

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Dude. It's FREAKING FEGELEIN!!!

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Yeah, something tells me that role wasn't the reason for the high billing ;)

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