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George MacKay (1917) and Jannis Niewöhner (Mute) play two old friends caught in the middle of a political boiling pot...
George MacKay (1917) and Jannis Niewöhner (Mute) play two old friends caught in the middle of a political boiling pot in this espionage thriller set right before World War II, based on the novel by Robert Harris.
It is Autumn 1938 and Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and British PM Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons) desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat (MacKay), British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann (Niewöhner), German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.
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85 %85 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
77 %408 reviewsAudience score rating
"Munich - The Edge of War starts off as a prim spy thriller and ends as an insufferable civics lesson."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Irons gives the kind of performance you want more of... so the fact that he has to share it in so disjointedly dull a slice of history as Munich: The Edge of War is regrettable."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Fascinating history, so-so thriller."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A plodding bureaucratic procedural that features many, many characters strategising in various spaces with furrowed brows and clenched jaws, mostly in relentless medium close-up."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The period details are quite nicely done, which makes the wildly anachronistic camerawork all the more of a distraction."
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe"Munich: The Edge of War is a smart and entertaining thriller that suffers from just one thing: We all know how it ends."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"All the historical stuff is enjoyable. Less so are the movie's fictional elements, and the fictional elements ultimately dominate."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Munich: The Edge Of War scores with strong performances and filmmaking craft, but is let down by a lack of dramatic heft."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Perfectly watchable, never spectacular."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Jeremy Irons is on top form as Neville Chamberlain..."
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The Guardian
The GuardianMunich: The Edge of War | Details
- Rating
- PG-13,
- Runtime
- 129
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Country of origin
- UK
