I'm going to spare the summary and skip straight to the criticism. For starters I thought this movie could've played out the ex-Nazi perspective a lot better, and a lot more. I think when that's addressed with his old teacher and the construction worker was really the most interesting part of the film. The rest of the film really is just meh. (Minor spoilers) Edmund comes off like way too nice of a kid to be persuaded towards something so obviously wrong, just by a quick rant! I felt the motivations just weren't there throughout the film. The ending just felt way too forced for the sake of shock. The lead up to it could've had worse things happen than some kids not wanting to play with him and a Nazi slapping him!
Overall I felt this film was more interesting being filmed so close to the real events. I'm glad it was made almost for historical reasons, and I'd say it's worth a watch if you're already interesting in this genre, or post war Germany.
Overall I felt this film was more interesting being filmed so close to the real events. I'm glad it was made almost for historical reasons, and I'd say it's worth a watch if you're already interesting in this genre, or post war Germany.