Niemandsland - The Aftermath

Verfilmung des Romans von Rhidian Brook. Aber seinen wir froh über den Film und die tschechische Spur darin. Während das Plakat uns zu einem kitschigen Melodram mit Keira Knightley (mit einem absolut schrecklichen tschechischen Titel) lockt, ist der fertige Film ein wichtiger Bericht über das Schicksal der Menschen im Hamburg der Nachkriegszeit. Es ist kein langweiliger Geschichtsvortrag, aber es gibt gerade genug Realismus, um dem Drama eine ungewöhnliche menschliche Dimension zu verleihen. Der schneidige Alexander Skarsgård dient perfekt als Katharsis der Beziehung eines Paares, die eines Nachts während des Bombenangriffs auf London zerstört wurde. Und durch den gemeinsamen Schmerz der Überlebenden über die Bombenangriffe im Dritten Reich ist es möglich, eine gemeinsame Basis zu finden. Der Schluss von Niemandsland - The Aftermath mag weniger episch sein, als es die Regie des Films verdient, aber dafür ist er umso menschlicher. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Bühnenbilder und natürlich die Barrandover Kostüme. (08.04.2019)

I didn’t think much of the script. Although I hadn’t read the summary or users’ reviews before watching it, a few minutes into the film it was clear to me what it would be about. The film certainly wouldn’t win any awards for originality. But I didn’t mind. I liked the way the creators approached the events taking place in post-war Germany and that they were not afraid to look at things from both sides of the barricade. The less interesting (romantic) part of the story surprisingly developed in the same way as the actual military conflict. Here, too, the German blitzkrieg penetrated a weak British defense, only to run out of steam in the end so that Britain could celebrate its costly victory. (08.08.2019)

The British occupation zone in Germany, featuring a grand estate divided into zones by nationality, where erotic zones provoke testing the deformational zones of marriage. I don’t want to say it was as cold as Keira's ankles walking in heels through the snow, but we can agree that James Kent refused to leave the comfort zone of similar heart-wrenching stories, where grief associated with loss serves as a catalyst for the relationship. Alexander Skarsgård's wooden indifference was not the right casting choice this time. (29.09.2021)

There's something classic about this film. It is as if I'm watching a story shot with contemporary technology and with contemporary actors and one that really was created shortly after the war, that it really was filmed in bombed Germany, and it communicates what is a romantic plot in the background as if it wants to truly and sincerely convey it to everyone. In short, probably the worst part of it is its Czech title. Conversely, Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke and Alexander Skarsgård are perfect. (10.01.2021)