The Angel of Auschwitz

The Angel of Auschwitz

Do not spend any time watching this movie. All mixed up slow and difficult to tell the characters apart. Kept watching as I am a lover of WW2 movies as well as historical fiction. A good if not great concept. Too bad it was not created and told with a different layout.

The subject matter is horrific. Especially when the viewer knows that Mengele got away. I expected more from this movie but it has no structure. Just a sequence of scenes to a music soundtrack like an electric motor. The subject matter deserves a far better treatment.

I'm no film critic or historian but I am a midwife. This seamed a totally unrealistic portrayal of the true horrors these people endured

I am genuinely amazed at how unengaging and superficial this film felt. It surprises me that a film with this subject can be so uninvolving and unaffecting. Just about everything is well below standard - music, acting, dialogue, editing..... etc. There is not one area where it feels like there has been real skill applied. It is very difficult to try and imagine what the director thought he was showing. We jump around in time and characters have not even been aged. We follow (a very unconvincing) Mengele more than the title character. Most scenes seem to have been filmed against a shed wall. All the sets feel small and there are no wider shots or context. The sets, the costumes and the actors just do not convince in any way. I won't even bother addressing historical inaccuracies and the ridiculousness of some scenes because the film never gets the viewer to a point where those things matter - it never grabs you or gives any convincing sense of even one character to latch on to or care about. There is no atmosphere. No sense of any realism. Women deliver nice clean babies without breaking a sweat. A short, lazy scene showing the pre-Auschwitz life of characters does not automatically give them life or create empathy. A few wipes with a muddy cloth on your actors' legs will not suffice to convey that they are people suffering in Auschwitz. I have learnt one thing. I know now it is possible to make a film about Auschwitz and leave the viewer almost completely emotionally untouched. I wouldn't have believed it before this.

I've read the other reviews and I'm appalled. The actors depicted the human condition that had unspeakable horrors. The movie tells the story of faith and hope of life. There aren't answers to every question. Evil exist in the most vile of humanity. Why did this have to happen will be a question until the return of Jesus. Murder and famine have plagued the earth since time began. Even in the midst of evil hope is alive and this story was told and will be remembered because of her story and perseverance.

If you don't want bad acting, bad filming, bad story... Then move on - My husband and I have been watching many movies about WW II and concentration camps, but this one is definitely the worse movie I have watched for a long time... I will recommend you to spend your time cleaning your home instead of this movie...

Even though I was familiar with the historical account, I found the film hard to follow at times. I felt it could have been edited better. Mengele gets away and we know this ahead of time, but our sense of justice drives our hope that in some universe he gets the hell he gave to so many others.

I haven't even watched this movie yet, but I'm about to do so. I just wanted to say that I've looked at the 4 reviews on here so far and cannot understand how 3 give this 1 out of 10 and really slate it,then the 4th gives 10 out of 10, you just can't go by these reviews,it's totally makes a mockery of it! Ridiculous!!

It's clear from the 2 minute mark that this awful director cared only about trying to be artistic and not at all about the subject. This is truly a disservice to the people who the film is supposed to portray.