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Walking with the Enemy

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Walking with the Enemy

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During the final months of World War Two, a young man from the Hungarian ghettos sets out to find his displaced family by stealing a Nazi uniform and posing as a German officer. Drama, starring Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley and Hannah Tointon

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

A compelling story is clumsily told in debut director Mark Schmidt's à clef account of the wartime heroics of Pinchas Rosenbaum. Jonas Armstrong plays Elek Cohen, a Hungarian-Jewish character inspired by Rosenbaum. In 1944, he impersonates SS officials in order to help Budapest's Jewish community avoid capture by the Nazis, hiding them in the Swiss embassy's Glass House annexe. Unfortunately, Armstrong lacks the gravity to distract from the Holocaust clichés that litter Kenny Golde's melodramatic screenplay, which does little to convey any sense of dread or barbarity. A subplot romance involving Hannah Tointon sums up the picture's tendency to entertain rather than enlighten. But what makes this doubly disappointing is the presence of Ben Kingsley as Hungarian leader Miklos Horthy - he narrated Richard Tranks's 2003 documentary Unsung Heroes, a far superior celebration of Rosenbaum's remarkable feats.

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rolenameElek CohenJonas ArmstrongRegent Miklos HorthyBen KingsleyHannah SchoenHannah TointonLt Colonel Otto SkorzenyBurn GormanPresident SzalasiSimon Hepworth

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rolenameDirectorMark Schmidt

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English | German | Hungarian | Romanian

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