American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

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Released May 28, 2021

1 hr. 49 min.

History

Drama

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Based on the true story, AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY follows the life of American woman Mildred Gillars (Meadow Williams) and her lawyer (Al Pacino), who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed "Axis Sally" for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred's story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.

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Cheryl

Acting was exceptional. Good story line.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/21

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Melissa K

I didnt like seeing the rape

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/31/21

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L F

Was Pacino blackmailed? gambling debt? Devastating that a national treasure was somehow signed onto this boring mess.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Neville V

It's was fun movie to watch. I like war movies. I like court movies

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/23

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Paul O

I am absolutely shocked that Al Pacino, one of America's best actors would agree to work on this dreadful, amateurish and badly directed film. The leading lady could not act, at all. Her's was a wooden face just reading lines off a teleprompter. Even the extras looked like they had just been recruited from the local high school. The only saving grace was Pacino's closing argument which had echoes of his work on Scent of a Woman. But altogether, just an awful film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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steve d

Thought provoking and well-acted. May have been made on the cheap but still effective.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Michael Polish

Director

Meadow Williams

Mildred Gillars

Al Pacino

James Laughlin

Thomas Kretschmann

Joseph Goebbels

Mitch Pileggi

John Kelly

Carsten Nørgaard

Max Otto Koischwitz

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David Ehrlich

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Whatever Williams spent on the front-row seat she may or may not have bought herself here, we can only hope it was more worth it for her than it will be for anyone else.

Rated: D-

Jun 1, 2021

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Period re-creation is decent (the interiors-heavy film was shot entirely in Puerto Rico), Polish effectively peppers in bits of archival footage, and the story is often involving despite its missteps.

May 29, 2021

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

The film never deeply engages the issues of consent, culpability, and justice it asks us to consider.

Rated: 2/4

May 28, 2021

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Jordan Elizabeth

Common Sense Media

This drama is a highly stylized, noir-ish production that's polished to the point of being stiff... Luckily, the story itself is compelling enough to hold viewers' interest.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2022

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Sean P. Means

The Movie Cricket

[Star Melody] Williams [is] a B-movie queen who apparently watched too many '40s noir thrillers and couldn't decide between playing the damsel in distress or the femme fatale.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 23, 2021

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Jonathan W. Hickman

The Newnan Times-Herald

"American Traitor" is a hollow cinematic take on the story of the first woman in US history to be convicted of treason.

Rated: 3/10

Jun 4, 2021

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Synopsis

Based on the true story, AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY follows the life of American woman Mildred Gillars (Meadow Williams) and her lawyer (Al Pacino), who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed "Axis Sally" for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred's story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.

Director: Michael Polish
Executive Producer: Jonathan Baker, Martin J. Barab, Lee Broda, Alastair Burlingham
Screenwriter: Vance Owen, Darryl Hicks, Michael Polish
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Pimienta, Potato Eater Productions, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films
Rating: R (Sexual Assault)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 28, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 28, 2021

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