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Colonel Redl

Redl ezredes

1985

István Szabó

Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jan Niklas, Hans Christian Blech ...

6.8

550

Drama Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Klaus Maria Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

	Media	Author	Review
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Considering all of the sensational possibilities of the mystery, 'Colonel Redl' is a rather tame and perfunctory period melodrama. Like 'Mephisto,' it has a lot more style - not all of it great - than substance"
		Time Out	"Szabó's film is visually magnificent, shot with a crisp clarity which never succumbs to romantic nostalgia (...) An extraordinary, chilling, complex account of a man's betrayal of himself"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A dry, lightly academic piece that peddles its themes at the expense of a deep engagement with character and situation"
		Robert Blau Chicago Tribune	"A haunting view of moral duplicity and weakness (...) Brandauer brilliantly conveys the rising anxiety that haunts Redl (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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