My Best Enemy
2011 · Movie · 109 min · ★ 5.8 · 31% critics
In 1943, two survivors crawl out of a crashed military plane in occupied Poland: a camp prisoner and an SS officer. Forced to rely on each other to stay alive, they set off on a tense journey where their past connection slowly comes into focus amid danger, suspicion, and shifting power.
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Details
- Original title
- Mein bester Feind
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-02-16
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 31/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (31 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a WWII-set drama that mixes suspense, moral dilemmas, and occasional dark humor without becoming relentlessly bleak; Not for you if you want strict realism or a purely serious tone like Summer in Berlin.
Pros: tense survival setup; strong performances; brisk, engaging pace | Cons: tone can feel uneven; some plot feels unlikely; may seem predictable
Cast & crew
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Victor Kaufmann
Georg Friedrich
as Rudi Smekal
Ursula Strauss
as Lena
Marthe Keller
as Hannah Kaufmann
Udo Samel
as Jakob Kaufmann
Rainer Bock
as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
Uwe Bohm
as Standartenführer Widirizek
Karl Fischer
as SS-Untersturmführer Maier
Christoph Luser
as SS-Scharführer Weber
Serge Falck
as Standartenführer Noldner
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger