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American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

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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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David Ehrlich indieWire 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cheryl Acting was exceptional. Good story line. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/09/21 Full Review Melissa K I didnt like seeing the rape Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/31/21 Full Review Vivianna I Al Pacino was the star of the movie. Great actor. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Vance Owen, Luillo Ruiz, Shaun Sanghani, Tucker Tooley, Randall Emmett, George Furla
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
Runtime
1h 49m
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