Munich: The Edge of War

Munich: The Edge of War

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

  • Released: 2022-01-06
  • Runtime: 129 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, Thrillers
  • Stars: George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, Sandra Hüller, Jeremy Irons, Martin Wuttke, August Diehl, Martin Kiefer, Robert Bathurst, Marc Limpach, Erin Doherty, Ulrich Matthes, Mark Lewis Jones, Alex Jennings, Jessica Brown Findlay, Anjli Mohindra, Oscar Hoppe, Jeremy Mockridge, Hannes Wegener, Nick Wymer, Raphael Sowole, Ludwig Simon, Nellie Thalbach, Aidan Hennessey, Nicholas Farrell, Tara Nome Doyle, Rainer Sellien, Abigail Cruttenden, Helen Clyro, Nicholas Shaw, Richard Dillane, Domenico Fortunato, Stéphane Boucher, Leni Erceg, Margit Bendokat, Ryan Wichert
  • Director: Christian Schwochow
 Comments
  • TreeFiddy53 - 19 August 2023
    1-time watch
    This is set right before a 'potential start' of World War II.

    This is a war movie that's not action driven, but driven by dialogue on policies and it's tough to make a war movie without action. I couldn't help but compare it to The Courier (which I thought was BRILLIANT) and thought that Munich didn't have the intensity that Courier had, but it has surely has its moments.

    The story is based on a book which is based on true events that pushed the WWII maybe by two years, possibly giving the Allies time to prep better for the inevitable, and it makes you think how much happens behind the scenes that we don't know about when it comes to winning/avoiding a war.

    Great acting, well shot + decent sound design. The portrayal of Hitler in this movie was slightly different from what you might have seen in other movies.

    One time watch, IMO. I think movies like The Courier and Raazi have set the bar sooo much higher.
  • todd-136-941782 - 14 November 2022
    Masterful
    Based on the book, Munich byRobert Harris. The Edge of War focuses on the lead up to the accords that returned part of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) to Germany; although this was done by England, France and Germany- Czechoslovakia did not even have a seat at the table.

    The film looks at the two sides of Britain's view on Germany. Was PM Neville Chamberlain the naive fool? Or did he buy Great Britain and its allies time to move to a wartime footing?

    Young actors, George MacKay plays Chamberlain's private secretary and Jannis Niewöhner plays Hitler's press secretary.

    The two up and coming stars bring a depth of emotion to their rolls as estranged classmates from Oxford University, divided by their world views in post WWI.

    If you're a fan of historical fiction, especially in the epoch between the two World Wars, Munich - The Edge of War is a must see.
  • swmccrary-15102 - 20 June 2022
    Very Solid Period Drama
    I found this movie to be engaging, suspenseful, and very well acted. Irons is great as Chamberlain and the two main actors, MacKay & Niewöhner, are very convincing in their roles. This is really a movie more about relationships of the characters and not about the war and the politics of war. A lot of folks commented that the movie wasn't realistic but that doesn't bother me, I thought it was good any way.
  • cwebb2327 - 2 May 2022
    Well written and acted but with a fatal flaw
    Draws you into the tension of the times from the beginning. Wonderfully cast and cinematography beautifully captures the period. The one flaw lies in the predicate of the plot by following the novelist Robert Harris' speculation that Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to the Nazis not to appease but to buy time for UK and European allies time to prepare for war that came only a year later. Nothing in history supports such nonsense. That spoiled an otherwise terrific movie for me.