Munich: The Edge of War

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Munich: The Edge of War

PG-13

2021

2h 3m

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Drama

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Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. It is Autumn 1938 and Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain's government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the center of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted and, if so, at what cost?

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Sharp direction and some outstanding performances make Munich: The Edge of War a gripping historical drama, even though the ending's no secret.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

01/27/2022

3/4

Director Christian Schwochow has made a classy thriller and draws out strong performances from all three of his main actors.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

01/26/2022

A really solid, old-fashioned, well-crafted war-spy drama.

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

01/24/2022

If the movie is handsome in an oak-paneled-office way, there's life in it too. You feel there's something at stake for the two young would-be heroes, as there is for the world.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

07/28/2025

The biggest issue with “Munich – The Edge of War” is it seems less interested in exploring a complex, ultimately bad decision, and more interested in clumsily lionizing the man who made it.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

01/17/2025

3/5

For all its subtlety and craft, Munich: The Edge of War gives us little in the way of romance or adventure.

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Jai Arjun Singh

Firstpost

08/27/2024

3/5

Munich: The Edge of War is an uneven, sometimes perplexing narrative, but moreover it's a touching story about friendship, about the ways in which the personal and the political can collide.

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SurvivorAlways 7

@MyLife4Me79 1d

Munich: The Edge of War, had me sweating at times and panicked for some characters, which is totally expected in an international espionage movie. I was fully invested in the relationship of its characters and their changing perspectives on the world around them. I was haunted by the three young characters we meet at the start of the movie and what the future held for all three of them but also Neville Chamberlain in the movie and in real life and what his effect on world war II really was.

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Peter H.

@peterh1234 Apr 5

Excellent acting. Superb plot with plenty of suspense.

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David D

@David2026 Jan 4

It feels like a Merchant Ivory production. It's a good broad ranging imaging, but this is difficult when the macro facts of the time are so well known. For that reason I'm unsure how I feel about the story. The acting is, being Merchant Ivory, first class.

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Thomas S

@RT53929595 Oct 19

This movie made me want to go back to the diplomatic service. Outstanding performances

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/02/2025

2 hours and 3 minutes based on a true story. Rated PG-13 for Some Strong Language, Smoking, Brief Violence and Thematic Elements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Andrei D

@RT74856639 11/07/2024

A little too old-school in its approach and nowhere as cool as Fatherland but has some nice interludes

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Synopsis

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. It is Autumn 1938 and Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain's government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the center of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted and, if so, at what cost?

Director: Christian Schwochow
Producer: Andrew Eaton
Screenwriter: Robert Harris, Ben Power, Ben Power
Production Co: Netflix, Turbine Studios
Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language|Smoking|Brief Violence|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2022
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital