Storyline

Brothers Helmut (Bill Nighy) and Karl Hoffmann (John Shea) grow apart during World War II. Swept away by the hysteria of the Third Reich, blue-collar Karl becomes a storm trooper, but struggles to advance because of his lack of education. Helmut, a literature student at the University of Munich, disappoints his adviser, Professor Rosenberg (José Ferrer), by dropping out to join the SS. Both brothers fall for torch singer Mitzi (Lucy Gutteridge) -- though only one will live to regret his actions.

Plot Keywords

ss officer, brother, professor, adolf hitler, singer, soldier, spectacular, shocking, powerful, emotional, family home, campus, front lines, germany, russia, world war ii, third reich, brotherhood, politics, prejudice, academia, rivalry, wretched excess, transformation, love, 1930s

Short Review

It never rises above a flatness, to remain only a routine telling of familiar historical events.

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