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The Princess and the Warrior(Der Krieger und die Kaiserin)

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Germany · 2000
Rated R · 2h 15m
Director Tom Tykwer
Starring Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Genre Romance, Drama

Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.

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New Times (L.A.) by Bill Gallo

The cornerstone of this fascinating film is a peculiar but absolutely solid love story. In terms of intellectual and emotional stimulation, who could ask for more?

50

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

(Tykwer's) unpredictability has become predictable, and the only thing genuinely uncanny here is the unsettling — and unintentional — sense of déjà vu.

83

Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan

Every once in a while a picture comes along that captures not just love, but romance in all its fear, yearning, fantasy, eroticism and unexpected epiphanies. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer's The Princess and the Warrior is one such film.

50

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

Tykwer ends the film on a bizarre note that caught me off guard, a too-literal bit of salvation that is more bothersome than revelatory.

75

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Lacks the gimmicky hook that made "Run Lola Run" an arthouse hit, but it doesn't lack for ideas, nor for images that will sweep you up in their boldness and have the resonance of dreams.

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