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Release Date: 18 December, 2001 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Uprising Reviews
"Can a moral man maintain his moral code in an immoral world?"
"Uprising" tells the true story of the unprecedentedly active resistance of an organized underground movement of Polish Jews in the Warsaw ghetto against the extermination of its inhabitants by the German occupying forces in 1943. In this context the question arises whether a moral man can maintain his moral code in an immoral world. This ambitious but somewhat americanized film tries to document the essay of this group of people to find a possible answer to this question. In this context, Mordechai, dedicatedly played by Hank Azaria, explains: "We are determined to preserve one choice - how we die. The spirit of our deaths will shape the soul of a new generation." One of the artistic highlights of this film is the expressive and lively performance of Stephen Moyer as Kasik. Further starring Leelee Sobieski, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight and Donald Sutherland.
A Pretty Good Movie
This movie is about the Jewish uprising in Warsaw during World War 2. All in all-it's a pretty good movie--but as the movie seeks to use Goebbel's propaganda movie "The Eternal Jew"-to show how the Nazis dehumanized the Jewish people-this movie does the same thing to the Germans-not that the Nazis weren't evil--but every German in this movie is either totaly wicked--or mere cannon fodder--deserving whatever evil befalls them.
That quibble aside--the movie presents a fairly accurate account of the uprising and is worth watching. I had a hard time taking David Schwimmer in a serious role--though there was nothing wrong with his performance--and Donald Sutherland seemed ill cast- like he was merely reprising his role from "Citizen X"
Though I enjoyed this movie--I would recommend Wajda's "Kanal"-for a great movie about "the sewers" and for putting a "face" to the Jewish victims-I would recommend the Czech movie "The Shop on Main Street"
In no way denigrating this movie--which I do recommend--but I feel both of the movies mentioned are superior--for those who have more than a casual interest in the subject matter--and don't mind sub-titles.
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