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MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR – Review by Susan Granger

January 27, 2022January 29, 2022 Susan Granger Ben Power, Christian Schwochow, George MacKay, history drama, Jannis Niewohner, jeremy irons, Munich – The Edge of War, netflix, Robert Harris, world war II

Based on the 2017 best-seller by British novelist Robert Harris, Ben Power’s revisionist historical thriller revolves around two estranged Oxford University colleagues and their efforts to halt Hitler’s intended invasion of Europe. The sinister WWII story begins in 1932, when we first glimpse champagne-drenched best pals Hugh Legat (George McKay), Paul von Hartman (Jannis Niewohner) and Paul’s carefree Jewish girl-friend Lena (Liv Lisa Fries) cavorting at a garden party.

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MUNICH – THE EDGE OF WAR – Review by Diane Carson

January 22, 2022January 23, 2022 Diane Carson Ben Power, Christian Schwochow, George MacKay, history drama, Jannis Niewohner, jeremy irons, Munich – The Edge of War, netflix, Robert Harris, world war II

In Munich – The Edge of War German director Christian Schwochow dramatizes the September 1938 meeting of the top echelon of Germany and Italy, England and France leading to a non-aggression pact meant to ensure peace. The hope driving negotiations and self-delusion is that appeasement will satisfy Führer Adolf Hitler as he prepares to annex the Sudeten German territory of Czechoslovakia.