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GoodGoodWatch score70
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
Via the New York Times: "...a dialogue between found objects... the remarkably calm, somewhat banal wartime journals of Ernst Junger, a German writer and army officer living in occupied Paris in World War II, and newsreel footage of Paris as it really was."
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 76GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for documentaries, +9 min on the typical 96
typical 96105Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Released
1982
November 17, 1982
44 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryWarLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Edgardo Cozarinsky Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Ernst Jünger Novel
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