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Perhaps
if they had added English subtitles to this film
and kept its original soundtrack
I would have liked it a lot more. But they didn't
they dubbed English over the existing film and did a horrible job of it!
There is a reason why the practice of overdubbing has been abandoned! The results typically destroy a film (remember all those Japanese Monster films of the 70's) and that is the case here. More so there seems to be a big problem with the translation or even the script
I kept thinking did he really say that???
I understand that the film is a "tiny budget" Swiss film from 1981
but film making is an art
and this film fails artistically on many levels. It just seemed so amateur.
I also get that this was a courageous undertaking by the Director and Producer that angered many Swiss people. They challenge the notion
the remembrance
of Swiss neutrality
showing that it was quite different than what we see at the end of The Sound of Music. More so they illustrate the fact that Switzerland
albeit neutral
was in fact subservient to the Germans.
This is a film that can generate conversation
thus I give it a couple of extra stars
but as a film goes it stinks! 6/10
score 6/10
chrissso 2 November 2015
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