Edges of the Lord (2001) 6.8
A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis. Director:Yurek BogayeviczWriter:Yurek Bogayevicz |
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Edges of the Lord (2001) 6.8
A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis. Director:Yurek BogayeviczWriter:Yurek Bogayevicz |
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Liam Hess | ... | |
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Richard Banel | ... | |
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Olaf Lubaszenko | ... |
Gniecio
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Malgorzata Foremniak | ... |
Manka
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Andrzej Grabowski | ... |
Kluba
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Chiril Vahonin | ... | |
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Olga Frycz | ... |
Maria
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Dorota Piasecka | ... |
Ela Kluba
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Wojciech Smolarz | ... | |
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Marek Weglarski | ... |
Max
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Edyta Jurecka | ... |
Sara
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Ryszard Ronczewski | ... |
Batylin
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Krystyna Feldman | ... |
Wanda
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Polish 12 year-young city Jew Romek gets a crash-course in Catholicsim from his daddy ('stay hanging by your arms till your prayers are perfect') so he can be sent away and escape deportation (Auschwitz?) hiding in the country where the clergy found a host, Gniecio's simple peasant family, posing as their city relative. Gniecio's eldest son Vladek proves rather tyrannical but no brighter then gullible junior Tollo, who takes a role play in catechism class to 'become' a Last Supper character, in his case Jesus, to the extreme, even training for a crucifixion from a tree. Neighbor Batylin and his wife are executed by the Nazis when their illegally kept pig is found. Kluba plays a dirty trick when Gniecio tries to sell his in the city; his son is as problematic for the boys, who meanwhile play involving a single girl-playmate, Maria, who takes Romek in when he's stupidly thrown out by his widowed host by mistake. The horror of war itself suddenly shows its ugly head again, big time and ... Written by KGF Vissers
I picked up this movie from a video store, not having heard about it before, and watched it on a vacation. I was completely surprised; this is one of the better movies I've seen. It's very moving in all aspects, with wonderful characterization-- characters one loves, and characters one hates. Dafoe and Osment pull of the thick Polish accents very well; so well that it might be a good idea to turn the subtitles on while watching the movie. Without giving any spoilers, I shall say that the plot, though profound, touching, and horrific, is not dramatic just to be dramatic. Every part of the plot, whether it was violent or humorous, religious or sexual, served its purpose in a believable way. I recommend this movie highly, though not for younger children; the R rating it received is fitting, as the movie, though not nearly as violent or sexual as some others, deals with those two themes in a disturbingly haunting manner.