The quietest acts of resistance are what save civilization.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser, Tobias Moretti, Ulrich Matthes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Franz Rogowski |
| Director |
Terrence Malick |
| Screenplay | Terrence Malick |
| Music | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Jörg Widmer |
| Editing | Rehman Nizar Ali, Joe Gleason, Sebastian Jones |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Dolby Atmos |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | Studio Babelsberg, Elizabeth Bay Productions, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Frequent, moderate impact emotional and psychological violence with no visible graphic effects |
| Prejudice | Frequent, moderate impact, actual, verbal and implied presented in educational historical context |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | The material contains moderate complex and mature themes which are presented in a context of a biographical drama. Themes are emotional, psychological, inspirational, historical and educational, set during the era of Hitler’s rule in World War II. It is the intention of the film maker to educate the viewer about the unhistorical acts and many of the unvisited tombs of world heroes, such as Franz, who stood his ground and advocated in a form of a protest, to many silent voices ostracised by Nazi ideologies and its leader Adolf Hitler. Themes do not focus on the actual atrocities of Hitler and his ideologies, which are instead implied throughout, as his acts are presented to be assumed or commonly known by the audience. The themes mainly focus on the life, journey and bravery of Franz. The presentation of themes are likely to be distressing, intense, emotional and psychological especially for the cognitive development of children younger than 13 years, who are likely to be confused. Such themes includes the consequences of contentious objection to Nazism and to succumb to violence through torture and the death penalty. Although themes are emotional and psychological, but are positively mitigated by the historical, educational and inspirational merits likely to be able to be contextualized by the cognitive development of children of 13 years and older. Negative themes explore a family being ostracised by the local community for its firm believe against war and Nazi ideologies, women headed households during the war, suffering the consequences of terror, mental and physical terror of prisoners, human rights violations of prisoners by Nazi regime, convictions in ones believes, execution of anti-Nazi supporters, imprisonment in a German jail, receiving a death sentence, war, Nazi ideologies, family in distress, living in fear, psychological trauma, harassment and suffering, being unfairly trialled for ones believes. Positive themes explore romance, being in a happy family, a mothers love for her husband and family, survival, advocacy against war and Nazi ideologies, positive resistance and intolerance of the victimization and killing of innocent people, courage, hope, bravery, seeking peace, sacrifice, standing against evil deeds, firm believes in God and being a conscientious objector. |
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| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for thematic material including violent images. |
| Runtime | 174 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| 12A: Suitable for 12 years and older | Moderate violence, Threat |
| Runtime | 174 |
| British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| Suggested age limit 13 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 38 critics | 16 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 161 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Ambitious and visually absorbing, A Hidden Life may prove inscrutable to non-devotees -- but for viewers on Malick’s wavelength, it should only further confirm his genius. | 17 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 16 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Depressing but poetic story of conscientious WWII objector. | 10 |  |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 24 users | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 205 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 15 | |
| IMDB 2779 Netizens | 15 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 13 |  |
Average .. 75% | 15 | |