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Fatherland

1994 · 106 min

A slow-burning, oppressive alternate-history thriller that feels like uncovering a terrible secret in a gleaming, authoritarian city.

Genres
Drama, Thriller, Action
Overview
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • corruption
  • power
  • memory
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, thriller, action, tv movie, war
Directed by
Christopher Menaul
Written by
Ron Hutchinson, Stanley Weiser
Starring
Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Michael Kitchen, Jean Marsh, John Shrapnel, John Woodvine, Bob Mason
Music
Gary Chang
Cinematography
Peter Sova
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, English

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