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everything you have heard about this movie is true.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The acting in this movie is really good.

Certain significant subjects have been covered in cinema so often, and with brilliant results that one wonders if still another is needed. The Holocaust and the Nazi menace have certainly inspired numerous fine films, with Schindler's List and The Pianist and The Tin Drum and scores of others covering the subject exhaustively. Why then another? Perhaps we can never be reminded too often to look at humanity's recent history, and perhaps because the subject of civilized man treating his equals in such subhuman ways can , in careful hands, perhaps impart still another needed reminder. And sometimes a repeated story has subtleties not covered heretofore. Divided We Fall is a story similar to that of Anne Frank's, and the idea of community is examined with quirky humor under great stress, and the concept of friendship is questioned in a way that may make you examine your own ideas.This is a thoughtful film with many surprises in store, and an ending that does not disappoint; because you probably will not will not recognize most of the performers, there is a feeling of truth in character that pervades this often-tense, sometimes oddly funny study of a society assaulted.

An emotional portrayal of desperation and hardships faced by those living during the depicted time, this is certainly quite a film. It is done in an amazing visual style, well shot, exquisitely filmed and oddly a bit comic at times, capturing very well the feeling that it is all just a bad dream: what it did feel like for Jews and other citizens alike at time. The film is, however, too slight and never really potent, because it works with an unoriginal idea without ever trying to expand it. But it was deservedly nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, because, although imperfect, it is a very well made film.

This is a film that confounds expectations repeatedly - it loves pulling the ground out from under you and just when you thought you knew what you were going! ..... but you don't really know where you are going - because, like you, like me, and like many of the characters in the film, you settle with stereotypes, quite ready to damn a person on superficial evidence until........ ....... well, actually until a lot.... and, for me, that 'lot' includes one of the best last 20 minutes of any film for a long timeReally good film-making!

"Divided We Fall" (as it is called here in the U.S.) is an awesome look at a Czech village during the time of World War II. It's not your typical Holocaust film, despite the fact that it is realistic about the fears and horrors. There is humor and irony aplenty.Josef and Maria are a typical Czech couple longing for a child. Through early clips, we see that Josef worked for the a well-to-do Jewish family who falls on hard times. Although Josef and Maria help their friends as best they can, the family is sent to Thereisenstadt, not knowing it is certain death. Josef is rather lazy, world-weary man with a cryptic sense of humor. Maria, blonde and beautiful, prays she will become pregnant. Their world is turned upside down when David, a young man from the previously mentioned family, escapes from prison and makes his way back. The couple decides to hide him in their home.While I must confess that this film was a tad lengthy, the story was worthwhile in many ways. It never totally pegs one character completely. They're all quite multi-dimensional. Horst, a friend with Nazi ties, acts like a jerk on the make for Maria most of the time. But in the end, he's not quite the villain he seems. Josef, meanwhile, must juggle hiding a Jew while appearing loyal to the Reich. His neighbors don't understand. He's afraid of what will happen if David leaves and what will happen if he stays.All in all, this story heaves an emotional hammer on views. You can feel the fear, the uncertainty, the anger and frustration in the characters. You know that at any moment, David could be discovered. That the facade could be destroyed in a heartbeat. Nobody is a total saint and nobody is a total martyr. They are human beings with human feelings and fears during a terrible time. I think that's what makes this movie so incredibly moving for me. I'll never forget it.