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The Red Orchestra

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Germany, United States · 2003
1h 27m
Director Stefan Roloff
Starring
Genre Documentary, History

The Red Orchestra was a Berlin-based resistance group that fought against the Third Reich within Germany. The Gestapo labeled them Communists and traitors, and so did the Allies. Only recently have historians recognized them as one of the most critical resistance groups to WWII. Their story is told for the first time on film.

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The New York Times by Janet Maslin

Films like "The Pianist" and "Schindler's List" immerse viewers in the bleakness of that time. The Red Orchestra is set in a sunnier world, which seems more frighteningly false. The bright, quotidian landscape seems a facade that threatens to tumble at any moment.

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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Unfortunately, this earnest but short-sighted documentary by New York-based painter-turned-filmmaker Stefan Roloff touches only the tip of a very large iceberg.