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Burial

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Set during the waning days of World War II, Burial tells the fictional story of a small band of Russian soldiers tasked with delivering the crated remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German "Werewolf" partisans and picked off one by one. An intrepid female intelligence officer leads her surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their cargo doesn't fall into the hands of those who would hide the truth forever.
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Burial gets bogged down in its unnecessarily convoluted story, but it's also a B-movie with impressively weighty subtext.

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Phil Hoad Guardian 09/20/2022
3/5
Burial is... atmospheric, with something thematically potent lurking in its sylvan half-light. Go to Full Review Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 09/08/2022
3/4
“Burial” does have a fair share of suspenseful moments but it never takes full advantage of its premise. Go to Full Review Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com 09/02/2022
2/4
Burial has a hard enough core, both in terms of its central premise and its pulpy tropes, that for about 30 minutes, it almost works as a decent B-movie, right before it unceremoniously falls apart. Go to Full Review Jon Mendelsohn CBR 01/03/2023
Burial's script contains some interesting elements, but the film never manages to truly rise to the occasion as either a horror movie or a war story. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/28/2022
C+
A muddled sort of horror pic set as a WWII B-movie period piece thriller about Hitler's corpse. Go to Full Review Pete Vonder Haar Houston Press 09/16/2022
2/5
It almost feels like Parker had originally set out to make a horror movie — not that Hitler isn't already one of history's greatest monsters — but ended up toning down those elements for a more generic war drama with some supernatural elements. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Farah R @Farah 04/13/2025 I liked the production and costume design, but the story was weak and the acting and mediocre. See more Cristina B @crisbrooks 09/06/2024 Quite slow in the start. Pretty difficult watch. At least by my standards, ultraviolent with some scenes of violence against women, but does fit the bill for a WWII thriller if that's your thing. The heroine's actions in the ending (a twist!) do feel rather inexplicable. See more Jeff Y @RT40678981 01/29/2024 Excellent film, for a B grade; well-acted, good script, realistic sets/props and unrelenting action, held my interest throughout. See more 12/12/2023 I think it was okay, I was inebriated. See more Avindu G @RT86379654 01/28/2023 Burial is decent enough post WWII story that was horrifyingly mislabeled. Only substance that's even remotely haunting is that a group of soldiers carrying a casket around. In aspects of a war movie Burial manages to present yet another side story of the post WW society that's still grasping the new realities. Gloomy skies with dark woods beneath are tone setters for a darkness refusing to cease it's existence. Cast puts up a fine performance to portray the exhausted soldiers struggling to finish up the final assignment. Apart from it's historical value there's hardly anything that sparks for this flick. But it would pass the time just fine. See more Leonard E @RT22414378 12/20/2022 It was okay, kinda dumb moments, characters can be annoying, and the ending isnt that rewarding. Its okay i guess, its not bad but its not too good either, I don't think i would recommend this movie to anyone. See more Read all reviews
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Ben Parker

Director

Charlotte Vega

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Tom Felton

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Harriet Walter

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Barry Ward

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Kristjan Üksküla

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Synopsis Set during the waning days of World War II, Burial tells the fictional story of a small band of Russian soldiers tasked with delivering the crated remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German "Werewolf" partisans and picked off one by one. An intrepid female intelligence officer leads her surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their cargo doesn't fall into the hands of those who would hide the truth forever.
Director
Ben Parker
Producer
Matthew James Wilkinson, Paul Higgins, Ivo Felt, Tom Harberd
Screenwriter
Ben Parker
Distributor
IFC Midnight
Production Co
Fields Park Media Partners, Stigma Films, Allfilm, Metrol Technology, MBK Productions, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 2, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.6K
Runtime
1h 35m