My Best Enemy

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My Best Enemy

2011

1h 45m

History

Drama

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A young Nazi (Georg Friedrich) swaps places with his Jewish friend (Moritz Bleibtreu).

Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

The film plays mostly as an uneasily satirical thriller.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 11, 2013

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

An awkward blend of anti-Semitic atrocities and identity-swapping absurdity, the World War II drama "My Best Enemy" struggles to find a convincing tone.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 10, 2013

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 10, 2013

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

While the film generates some mild suspense and the period re-creation is convincing enough, the twists eventually become more contrived and preposterous.

Jan 14, 2013

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Dan Fainaru

Screen International

Neither the plot of this farfetched caper nor Murenberger's approach to it, do any kind of justice to what is still, whether some people like it or not, one of the most terrible episodes in human history.

Jan 9, 2013

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The plot is absolutely ridiculous! I guess now a days you can turn whatever ridiculous plot you come across into a movie, just as long as it is about the holocaust!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Far better than the critics rate this.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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It is very hard to define the genre as it has many aspects and has a twisted story development. A mystery-like story made the historical issue less serious.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Riveting and realistically refreshing movie about WWII, Germany, the Nazis and friendships. For me, it was borderline Hitchcock-worthy in its suspense. Give it a try! It will at least, perhaps, make you look at things slightly differently and from a German's perspective as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Wolfgang Murnberger

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Moritz Bleibtreu

Victor Kaufmann

Georg Friedrich

Rudi Smekal

Ursula Strauss

Lena

Marthe Keller

Hannah Kaufmann

Udo Samel

Jakob Kaufmann

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Synopsis

A young Nazi (Georg Friedrich) swaps places with his Jewish friend (Moritz Bleibtreu).

Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
Screenwriter: Paul Hengge
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 45m