This is not a 9, it's a solid 7, but I felt the current rating of 6 is unfair and tried to correct it a bit.
Problem with this film is that you will need some knowledge about German and European 20th century history in order to understand its subtle humor. Many scenes refer to persons who have really lived and things that really happened.
If you know nothing about "the wall" and that it was Walter Ulbricht who had it built, you will completely miss the sense of the short but gorgeous sugar cube scene. If you don't know about the soviet tradition of deleting persons fallen into disgrace from historic photos, you will not understand another important scene. And so on.
This is not a masterpiece, but it is absolutely worth watching.
Problem with this film is that you will need some knowledge about German and European 20th century history in order to understand its subtle humor. Many scenes refer to persons who have really lived and things that really happened.
If you know nothing about "the wall" and that it was Walter Ulbricht who had it built, you will completely miss the sense of the short but gorgeous sugar cube scene. If you don't know about the soviet tradition of deleting persons fallen into disgrace from historic photos, you will not understand another important scene. And so on.
This is not a masterpiece, but it is absolutely worth watching.