My Best Enemy (2011) ( Mein bester Feind )

My Best Enemy (2011) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mein bester Feind
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Wolfgang Murnberger

Written By:
Paul Hengge
Wolfgang Murnberger

Actors:
Moritz Bleibtreu ..... Victor Kaufmann
Georg Friedrich ..... Rudi Smekal
Ursula Strauss ..... Lena
Marthe Keller ..... Hannah Kaufmann
Udo Samel ..... Jakob Kaufmann
Uwe Bohm ..... Standartenführer Widriczek
Rainer Bock ..... SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
Christoph Luser ..... SS-Scharführer Weber
Serge Falck ..... Standartenführer Noldner
Marcello De Nardo ..... Staatssekretär Croetano
Karl Fischer ..... SS Obersturmbannführer Maier
Jim Libby ..... US Captain
Wolfgang Pampel ..... Schleich
Hanus Polak Jr. ..... SS Arzt
Hans-Michael Rehberg

Synopsis:

Vienna, 1930s. Victor Kaufmann, the son of a wealthy cosmopolitan Jewish couple who own an art gallery, shares with his best friend Rudi a well-kept family secret: a drawing by Michelangelo that was believed lost. In turn, Rudi reveals that he is a member of the Nazi party and is hoping that Austria's annexation to Germany will improve his career chances with the Nazis. As it gets increasingly unsafe for the Jews in Austria, the Kaufmanns transfer their estate to Victor's girlfriend to protect it from being confiscated, while Rudi, a Nazi, receives orders from Berlin to seize the Kaufmann's Michelangelo drawing, Unable to protect his friends, Rudi watches helplessly as the Kaufmanns are sent to a concentration camp. However, years later, when the Michelangelo drawing is to be presented to the Duce as a gift from the Fuhrer in order to seal their alliance with Italy, the drawing is determined to be a fake. Rudi is then given an order to retrieve Victor from the concentration camp for an interrogation to determine the whereabouts of the real Michelangelo.

Vienna in the 1930s. Victor Kaufmann, the son of a wealthy cosmopolitan Jewish couple, works in his father's art gallery. His best friend whom he has known since childhood and from whom he is inseparable, is Rudi Smekal. Victor's girlfriend, the attractive and vibrant Lena, is also a friend of Rudi's. In a moment of exuberance Victor shows his friend a well-kept family secret: a drawing by Michelangelo that was believed lost. It comes as a terrible shock to Victor to learn that Rudi has long been a member of the Nazi party and is hoping that Austria's annexation to Germany will improve his career chances with the Nazis. Having missed the right moment to flee Austria, the Kaufmanns are now stuck in Vienna. They transfer their estate to Lena in an attempt to protect it from being confiscated. Having bragged about the Michelangelo drawing, Rudi receives an order from Berlin to seize the art work. In order to save his old friends, Rudi suggests a deal: the drawing in exchange for the Kauf manns' freedom.

The sensational World War Two drama My Best Enemy weaves a thrilling tale of courage and heroism in a world gone to hell. March 12th 1938: As the full might of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich descends on Vienna, two lifelong friends find their worlds torn apart as the brutal Nazi regime tightens its iron grip on the country. Friend becomes enemy as one is indoctrinated into the Nazi SS, while the other is unceremoniously sent to the camps. Years later, destiny forces them together again as the former friends' lives become inextricably entwined in an audacious plot that will determine the fate of the war.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 05 November, 2011.

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