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The Second World War is still raging on some fronts.

The release of the television miniseries

Unsere Mütter, Unsure Väter* / Generation War (2013)

proved to be controversial in almost all the countries it was shown. And yet it has an IMDb** rating of 8.5. Higher than high!

As a child of the War, safely in America, I found many familiar parts to the story but the side that had been missing for me was the German point of view.

But it would seem that it is still missing. People in Germany disagreed greatly about the film, its accuracy, its emphasis and just about every aspect of it.

Let's face it. It was a huge war. With many fronts and many sides.

For example, the extermination of the Jews is well known to us yet in this film it is just one part of what seems to be a crime against the German people. The Nazis pulled a fast one.

This is an old theme and I do not think that that is the idea in the film but it has been criticized on that basis. After all, one of the five principals is a closeted Jew. And so on. One a closeted Nazi. Another an "innocent" entertainer who played to all as long as the music went on.

A scholarly German and an idealistic young nurse fill in the rest of the five people who are featured throughout.

I liked the film a lot but would not be willing to see it again because it was so long. It takes about five hours to get through. Three viewings.

I was engaged for most of it. I cared about the characters, even the shits. I was never bored.

But it is a major commitment to watch it and now that I am informed and entertained, I would not want to have a second helping.

It is therefore a 3 out of Netflix5.

I suppose that I am also reminded that I have gotten too liberal in my ratings again and need to take myself more seriously. When once is enough it is a 3.

Just for the record, a 1 out of 5 is when I stopped in the middle. Rare. A 2 is when I watched the whole thing but didn't like the aftertaste. A 4 is a maybe on seeing it again, willing to do it. A 5 is that I will watch it again for sure.

There are not many 5's.

*Our Mothers Our Fathers

**The Internet Movie Data Base, the fundamental web site for every movie ever made, all the information and links you need to see reviews, credits and so on.

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