646f9e108c The human tragedy and the suffering of the Crimean Turks who were taken hostage as prisoners of war in German prison camps during World War II. "Kirimli" is a German/Turkish co-production from 2 years ago that runs for roughly 110 minutes and was directed by Burak Arliel and adapted by a pair of writers from a novel. Fittingly with the countries that contributed in making this one, there is basically the same amount of German and Turkish language in here, so make sure you got subtitles unless you are fluent in both languages. The cast is predominantly Turkish and the German speaking comes from actors playing Nazi soldiers and interacting with each other. Maybe you need to be Turkish actually to enjoy the story and the historical reference, but I personally felt this movie brought nothing new that hasn't been shown us already in the huge number of war-themed movies in the past. I was bored for the most part I must say, but yeah, maybe you really need to be from Turkey or have such a background in order to understand and feel the story depicted in here.<br/><br/>It is basically the usual. Likable Turkish prisoners, unlikeable German Nazis. I cannot say I really felt with any of the characters in here and I felt the writing could have been a lot better. It's not a complete failure, but very mediocre and generic for the most part what Atilla Ünsal and Nil Güleç Ünsal came up with. I also felt that the movie could have been considerably shorter. Cut out many of the less interesting scenes and this one would have been 95 minutes max I guess and that would have been a good thing in this very case. Overall, my verdict is negative and I do not recommend checking it out. Thumbs down. This film could be almost a classic like Das Boot or Saving Private Ryan at showing the war atmosphere if it could keep the scenario related to war. Films is based on a true story, a Turkish resident of Crimea occupied by Russian forces were forced recruits of Red Army. Turkish origin soldier was taken captive by Nazis. They suffered in concentration camps. One day Nazis decided to use those Turkish soldiers against leftist resistance in Nazis occupied lands. Film shows stateless nations' sufferings. If you watch too many films about ww2 from the eyes of Germans, Americans or Russians, you must need this perspective. A must see film for war film seekers and people keen on history . At second part , film turned into a love story, I can not understand why director turned this film into love story. This turning point and meaningless story re-directions almost ruined this film. But I am sure that this director will certainly shine in future.
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