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Napola

War, Drama | 2004 | 110 min |

61 votes

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Set during World War II, this movie follows German teenagers who attend a napola - a special institution for gifted boys that turns them into the Nazi elite as they become ruthless servants of the Fuhrer. Friedrich is admitted into a napola because of his boxing skills, which he uses as a means to escape his poor working class background. His best friend at the napola is the Governor's son - sensitive, caring, and opposed to Nazi ideology. As their friendship develops, Friedrich struggles with Nazi ideology and his best friend's pacific beliefs.

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Martin Thomas Dahlström, FIPRESCI - Film Crits' Organistaion

”The film is destined to have a long and successful life on the international movie scene - a nomination for the Oscar in 2005 seems even likely, for example in Karlovy Vary the film was given the highest mark by the Los Angeles Times´ influential film critic Scarlet Cheng (5/5). Napola has more insight than its predecessor (Evil - Ondskan), being faithful to the testimonies of the survivors from the school that were interviewed during research for the script, telling about how many boys that would not or could not take the pressure from the fascists committed suicide.”

Variety

”Provocative subject matter...solid blows are landed on themes of blind patriotism and calculating human flaws...Gansel clearly has a lot he wants to say...Tech credits are sumptuous, with Torsten Breuer's lush widescreen lensing and Normand Corbeil's pulsing orchestrations.”

Screen

”Earnest, sincere and vociferously outspoken, Dennis Gansel’s portrait of a 1942 Nazi boarding school breeding the future leaders of the Thousand Year Reich must be one of the more diligently produced and energetically directed films to come out of Germany in recent years.”