More soap opera than high drama, the film is confused and confusing, and tedious to boot.
Habermann(Habermannův mlýn)
Germany, Czech Republic, Austria · 2010
Rated PG-13 · 1h 44m
Director Juraj Herz
Starring Mark Waschke, Karel Roden, Ben Becker, Hannah Herzsprung
Genre Drama, History, War
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This movie, based on real events, follows the expulsion of 3 million Germans from the Sudetenland area bordering Czechoslovakia and Germany. Hubert Habermann, a miller living in a small village in the Sudetenland, has his life changed forever when these events take place.
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Slant Magazine by Jesse Cataldo
Habermann may not be a pragmatic classic of the "Army of Shadows" mold, but it falls within the upper-mid bracket of WWII movies because it doesn't attempt to understand or define the tragedy it approaches.
The New York Times by Mike Hale
The depictions of cosmopolitan Germans and mostly avaricious, bestial Czechs are likely to stir strong emotions among some viewers, but over all Habermann is more potboiler than political or historical statement.
Based on a true story that culminated with the expulsion of 3 million Germans from Czechoslovakia, the film leaps through years with a rapidity that negates a good deal of its sweep.
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