Resistance
2020 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.9 · 55% critics
The story follows a mime who joins a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance during World War II. Together, they work to save the lives of ten thousand orphans as they navigate danger and persecution.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-03-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (473 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a WWII drama based on a real-life tale and can handle mixed execution and shifting tone; Not for you if you need a more gripping, tightly focused story like The Auschwitz Report or Irena's Vow.
Pros: touching true-story focus; engaging WWII setting; standout cast moments | Cons: pacing feels aimless; weak tension; miscast performances
Themes
- resistance
- world war ii
- based on true story
- gestapo
- french gestapo
- war
- jewish
Cast & crew
Jesse Eisenberg
as Marcel
Clémence Poésy
as Emma
Matthias Schweighöfer
as Klaus Barbie
Bella Ramsey
as Elsbeth
Ed Harris
as George S. Patton
Edgar Ramírez
as Sigmund (Elsbeth's Father)
Géza Röhrig
as Georges Loinger
Félix Moati
as Alain
Vica Kerekes
as Mila
Martha Issová
as Flora
Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz