George MacKay

Jannis Niewöhner

Jeremy Irons

Robert Bathurst

Jessica Brown Findlay

August Diehl

Sandra Hüller

Alex Jennings

Ulrich Matthes

Liv Lisa Fries

Abigail Cruttenden

Nicholas Farrell

Martin Kiefer

Mark Lewis Jones

Anjli Mohindra

Paul-Ernest Flanagan

Nick Wymer

Raphael Sowole

Ludwig Simon

Nellie Thalbach

Hannes Wegener

Aidan Hennessey

Tara Nome Doyle

Rainer Sellien

Helen Clyro

Nicholas Shaw

Richard Dillane

Marcel Kowalewski

Antonije Stankovic

Marc Limpach

Oscar Hoppe

Domenico Fortunato

Stéphane Boucher

Leni Erceg

Margit Bendokat

Jean-Pascal Heynemand

Ben Power

Robert Harris

Robert How

Jens Klüber

Jakob Neuhäusser

Simone Pereira Hind

Anja Dihrberg

Esme Coleman

Christian Schwochow

Andrew Eaton

Daniel Hetzer

Tim Pannen

Frank Lamm

Isobel Waller-Bridge

Drama

History

Munich – The Edge of War

Turbine Studios

FremantleMedia

Euston Films

Germany

United Kingdom

It’s a bright looking setting for such a dark time in history in Munich: The Edge of war - Everything looks colourful and stylish. 

Nevertheless Schwochow keeps the tension up right from the beginning. It’s a classic case of the audience knowing more than the characters. Helping with the tension is keeping the Germans speaking German. 

The film has an impending doom about it. It's Titanic meets a world war with lots of people being wrong in their assurances of the future. This is fine, they're saying. The tension between the two leads Legat and von Hartmann reflects the tensions between the countries yet somehow in reverse. They are trying to reconcile while their countries irrevocably turn to war. The script is good enough not just to make these two characters overly simple.

McKay finds himself again being a messenger right back in the wars (after after he starred in 1917) with the world being on the verge of WWII. He just must be made of the right stuff - or at least the running stuff.
Irons thrives as the miscalculating Chamberlain PM, while the film shows him to be harshly treated by history. Everyone seems anxious as if there was a war on or something.

The theme of personal need versus national duty comes up as well as the sacrifices required come in opposite directions when some are sacrificing for the country and others are against it. The film serves as inspiration and a warning for future skirmishes. 

Viewers can be glad the filmmakers resisted the temptation of calling this Hitler’s Translator. It’s an effective international thriller since the audience know the ending and its accompanying tragedy.

Giovanni

Full Analysis at Spotamovie.com **- Intro -** The lovers of negotiations, conspirators and historical dramas will enjoy the movie. The story focuses on the 1938 Munich Agreement. However, the director embraces the fictional way more than the historical one, and the film becomes an enjoyable drama enriched with some taste of a thriller. **- The Story -** In autumn 1938, Europe was on the brink of war. Hitler claimed back the territory of Sudetenland, belonging at that moment to Czechoslovakia. If Hitler invades the Czech, France and Britain must protect them. Prime Minister Chamberlain and his staff have less than 24 hours to find a diplomatic solution and prevent a tragic European conflict. Behind the lines, two old friends, Hugh Legat and Paul von Hartmann weave the web to keep the peace and change the course of history. The solution seems to be a quick agreement to give back to the Germans the Sudetenland. But will it be enough? Who are Hugh and Paul? And what is behind this story and the conspiracy? - **Full analysis at https://www.spotamovie.com/munich-the-edge-of-war-movie-review-and-explanation-2021-movie/**