Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

ginnosaji I watched this movie a few years ago in a screening provided by our school for educational purposes. The topic itself isn't often depicted in German movies. That's why I was excited to see "Kriegerin". It even won the "German Film Award for Best Feature Film" so it had to be good - but it wasn't.While it is indeed interesting to see the rare portrayal of a female neo-Nazi, and a girl who is getting involved with the right-wing extremist skinheads, "Kriegerin" fails at other aspects. As a German citizen and someone familiar with the right-wing extremist culture, I think it's only showing a clichéd picture composed of neo-Nazis with combat boots, lots of tattoos which say "14 words" or "88", and who are dumb and only seeking violence. It seems as though they are a rather barbaric people. Right-wing extremist skinheads –who behave most of the time as shown in the movie- are not the majority anymore among the neo-Nazis, in fact they're number is decreasing. Neo-Nazism still lives mainly because of two factors: 1. "Autonome Nationalisten (AN)", who make up the largest group of Nazis 2. Political parties such as "NPD", "Republikaner" and other influences in politics."Kriegerin" fails raising awareness of how someone gets sucked into the neo-Nazi scene and what the "common" Nazi is like today. It doesn't really matter whether the acting - especially of Alina Levshin- was good or if the approach of going with female main characters is brave and interesting – the main purpose should be educating the viewer about current racism and anti-Semitism in Germany. Unfortunately, the filmmakers didn't deliver at all. Search the web for "Autonome Nationalisten", and you get a vastly different picture about today's Nazis and their recruiting and propaganda strategies.

ek-hlewagastir Kriegerin/Combat Girls is the last film of a kind that has become one of Germany's finest exports. I am thinking of films like "Das Experiment" and "Die Welle" which, directly or indirectly, investigate what lies behind a dictatorship like Nazism and the dangers of falling into one again, which sometimes may seem far away. With this film, this time we are taken very close to the reality of a small (supposedly East) German town where far-right extremists rule the place and intimidate migrants. The point of view is entirely coincident with the main character, Marisa (award-winner Ukrainian-born Alina Levshin), who plays the passionate girlfriend of one of the gang's most violent and dangerous subjects. Her acting is amazing and, as already stated by another reviewer, it brings the film to a totally different level giving it the effectiveness of a documentary. The film is essentially about a girl who seems to know very well what she wants (to the extent that her whole body is covered in tattoos which are also political statements), while in fact some events will force her to reconsider not only her set of values, but also a relationship with a man whose deep love quickly turns into the deepest hate. On the background, there is a side story about Marisa's dying Nazi grandfather. She doesn't want to accept that he had been violent to her own wife before she was born, and that relates directly to the violence she in turn has chosen to surround herself with. A 15 years old seeking to be accepted into the gang is also dragged into this spiral of hate and violence - a consequence of her dominating father - until she understand what that really means. The third girl of the gang is always in the background, she's very passive and hardly talks and shows a melancholy which turns out to be a result of life's injustice. This is in my opinion the best German film since Gegen die Wand/Head On. Both educational and a piece of -literally- screaming art. A must see!

wvisser-leusden This excellent film is about young adolescents, who painfully discover that their modest intellectual capacities do not match the high standards of today's complicated Western society.The disappointment & frustration, fed by their failure to connect, result in political extremism. German neo-Nazism unites them in hatred, providing emotional shelter as well as a channel to demonstrate their views. Inevitably it all leads to a dead end.'Kriegerin' (= German for 'female warrior') stands out for two reasons. First, the excellent acting of lead Alina Levshin; second, the way this film is shot.'Kriegerin's picturing is very sober. No menu to start with, no trailer, no interviews, no deleted scenes; just the film. When on its way, we find the film's picturing done from a pretty narrow angle. Forcing you to concentrate on its action & interaction, leaving out any opportunity to enjoy a panoramic landscape or whatsoever. In this way 'Kriegerin's picturing connects with the limited views on life & society by its participants.

denial-638-119600 I'm certain this is going to be Germany's nominee for the Oscars.The auteur, David Wnendt, seems to have collected a lot of true stories and pieced them together into a fast-paced, very violent, often harrowing and quite unpredictable plot.Most of you don't know the East German neo-nazi scene. You'll ask yourself if this is really how these people live and talk. Believe me, it is. This movie is so close to reality it often feels like a documentary. I expected to sit in the cinema nitpicking, counting mistakes. I found just one. (A license plate with an "88" in it. The German license plate office doesn't allow that.) All the actors are unknowns and few of them get to shine. All the adults in this story are wooden and almost all the teenagers are idiots. Their main job is to convey total ignorance about the extent of their ignorance. They do that well. Jella Haase is very good.But Alina Levshin is the one who's superstar material. This is her movie, and it will be remembered as her breakthrough. Two of the movie's most memorable scenes are long uncut closeups of her face, not speaking, and they're some of the best acting I've seen, ever.Do see it. Just don't expect to sleep easily the night after.