Movie

Canaris

1954 · 112 min

A sober, talk-heavy wartime drama that builds quiet dread around a conflicted insider, rewarding patience with moral gravity rather than action.

Overview: Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, morality, power, war
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
morality
power
war
loyalty
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild