The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Spring 1945, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador to Germany flees bombed-out Berlin after eight years of service in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a terrible mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country. He went through the war, but will he survive the peace?
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurent NègreWriter
- Laurent NègreDirector
Cast
- Michael NeuenschwanderHeinrich Zwygart
- Manuela BiedermannClara Zwygart
- Yann PhiliponaNicolas
- Cléa EdenHelene Zwygart
- Peter WyssbrodThe Colonel
- Sabine TimoteoMadame Bavaud
- Victor PoltierMaurice Bavaud
- Margherita SchochBabett
- Yves RaeberMarc Gerber
- Simon RomangSchranz
- Dominik GysinKlaus Bauer
- Sebastian KrähenbühlUeli
Stills
Themes
world war iiwartime profiteers