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    The Last Sentence

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    This film from brilliant Swedish director Jan Troell who gave us THE EMIGRANTS is a very accurate account of Swedish Newspaper Magnate Torgny Segerstedt who made it his crusade, led a one man battle against Adolph Hitler from the very early days of the 1930's. He has no hesitation in depicting Hitler as the man he truly was, some sort of dangerous buffoon. Add to this that Segerstedt political idealism and a personal affair put him in some hot water with high ranking Swedes. Jesper Christensen gives a superb if understated performance of this great man, flaws and all. The problem with the film in my estimation is that there is almost no action whatever, the film being composed of many dialogues, some private, some formal, many sit down dinners where politics are discussed to no end. A similarity in characters and the great number of historic persons are often confusing for the viewer especially as the material for this bio-pic is not common knowledge to the general public. One thus gets a bit frustrated and eventually bored with a film that is so linear, one that offers almost no real drama or suspense. For me it's rather sad that the film unfolded in this manner. The life of this mighty Swede could have been fodder for a truly great film had another approach been taken.

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    pietroantoni@  4.11.2014 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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