Set in Prague in 1953, this suspenseful crime drama follows honest police captain Hakl (Trojan) and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. In a fraught political climate, this incident is seized on by the Communist authorities, who require a smokescreen for their own, far grander, deception.
On the orders of State Security, Hakl’s investigation is taken over by Major Zenke (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others), an East German specialist, who has been told to “prove” that the gold was stolen by the Jewish community to finance Zionist terrorism. But the experienced Hakl’s instincts puts him on the path of an altogether different story. Can one just man stand up to the forces of an increasingly oppressive state? The shadow of the past looms over all involved, and this can make a culprit of a victim and a hero of a culprit. Somber and atmospheric, this is a moving and compelling study of the Stalinist era.
铁幕阴影下的短评
整个心都是蒙着灰的感觉。。 —— Diva Tequila
豆瓣评分不高,可我倒很喜欢这样的色调和节奏,悬疑和温情都把握得不错;作为一个缺失安全感的人,对此片颇有共鸣,结尾处货币改革后的漫天撒钱宛如谶言;孩子望向银幕外的眼神和带出境外的证据,就当做黑暗中的微光罢。 —— 欢乐分裂
硬伤太多 —— zym16zym
揭露苏联体制下的罪恶,印象中捷克人甚爱干此事,似乎以前在苏联体制下的其他东欧国家没有像捷克这么勤快的,具体为什么倒是没考证过。这片线索铺的有问题,案子的真正目的到底是什么没说清楚,只知道是个冤案,情节推进方面也有不少铺垫不足之处,欠些火候。片中主角固然正气使然勇气可嘉,不过换做我 —— 时间
“很多事往往表里不一”,外表如此漂亮的一部电影故事实在一般。 —— 庄常飞