Walking With the Enemy

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Walking With the Enemy

PG-13

2014

2h 6m

History

Drama

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During World War II, a young Hungarian (Jonas Armstrong) disguises himself as a Nazi officer to save his family and thousands of his countrymen from the death camps. Meanwhile, Hungary's regent (Ben Kingsley) takes great risks to save his country.

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While Walking With the Enemy tells a stirring and little-known true story, it's ultimately too heavy-handed to fully resonate.

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Ella Taylor

NPR

An old-school drama so sincere, yet so ham-fisted, it borders on parody.

Apr 27, 2014

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Justin Chang

Variety

A little-known tale of Jewish resistance during the final days of WWII gets tackled with appreciable ambition and blunt, sporadic emotional force in "Walking With the Enemy."

Apr 27, 2014

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Cary Darling

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Sometimes awkward and melodramatic, the debut film from director Mark Schmidt nevertheless derives strength from its little-known true-life story of Holocaust heroism.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 25, 2014

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

A compelling story is clumsily told in debut director Mark Schmidt's à clef account of the wartime heroics of Pinchas Rosenbaum.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 14, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

A daunting amount of better made films recounting the period flounces the necessity of Schmidt's picture.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Sr. Rose Pacatte

National Catholic Reporter

Walking with the Enemy is an intense and stirring war film that reveals several heroes heretofore unknown to most of us, and this is a good thing.

Aug 10, 2017

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I had written this film off as average to poor but the final third makes up a lot of ground and it ends in my mind on a high. Yes it is far from perfect. Yes I have no idea how much is true and how much has been elaborated but you do get to understand the brutality and unfairness of war.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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panayiota k

The film is so bad that I couldn't even finish it. Some of the scenes transition so harshly that they make me question the director's observation skills. And don't get me started on the accents. I don't know how accurate they are but they sound ridiculous.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Another film inspired by a true story. I am not familiar with the events in Hungary during WWII, so I found this a little confusing at times, but it was interesting to see the role the Swiss played in helping some of the Jews in Budapest.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A very inspiring story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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roger g

Good portrayal of a Hungarian Jew who infiltrates the Nazi SS during WW II to save fellow Jews from sure annihilation. Good enough film to invest the time.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Excellent movie. Me and my wife fumly enjoyed it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

During World War II, a young Hungarian (Jonas Armstrong) disguises himself as a Nazi officer to save his family and thousands of his countrymen from the death camps. Meanwhile, Hungary's regent (Ben Kingsley) takes great risks to save his country.

Director: Mark Schmidt
Producer: Mark Schmidt, Randy Williams
Screenwriter: Kenny Golde, Christopher Williams
Distributor: Liberty Studios
Production Co: Liberty Studios
Rating: PG-13 (War Violence|Crimes Against Humanity)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $357.0K
Runtime: 2h 6m

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