Rotten
More soap opera than high drama, the film is confused and confusing, and tedious to boot.
John Anderson, Variety
Overview
A story set in a small village in Sudetenland between 1937 and 1945. "Habermann" is based on true events.
Director and cast
- Juraj Herz Director
- Mark Waschke as August Habermann
- Karel Roden as Jan Březina
- Ben Becker as Koslowski
- Hannah Herzsprung as Jana Habermannová
- Radek Holub as Mašek
- Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht as Hans Habermann
- Zuzana Kronerová as Eliška Mašková
- Jan Hrušínský as Václav Pospíchal
- Franziska Weisz as Marta Březinová
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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Tomatometer
Rotten
As directed by the Czech veteran Juraj Herz in prestige-television style, the bulk of the film is a classically proportioned and tasteful wartime soap opera.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Fresh
Compensates for its under-occupation familiarity with poignant performances, confident direction and an impressively sober sense of how the era's tragedy kept expanding exponentially.
Nick Schager, Time Out New York
Fresh
A World War II melodrama with a hook, Habermann does a credible job of personalizing a period of the war largely unknown outside the Czech Republic.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
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