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Political Film Review #700

BONHOEFFER: PASTOR.SPY.ASSASSIN IS A BIOPIC ABOUT THE GERMAN RESISTANCE As a biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (played by Jonas Dassler and Phileas Heyblom at a young age), the film has three subtitles to attract attention of filmviewers about someone long forgotten, but the story seems almost too contemporary. Directed by Todd Komarnicki, the film shifts back

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Political Film Review #696

KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA FEATURES ITALIAN HISTORY Director Marco Bellocchio has filmed a history of Italy in which the fate of one person—Edgardo Mortara (played at age 6 by Enea Sala, as an adult by Leonardo Maltese)—galvanized opposition to rule over parts of the country known then as the Papal States. During the

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