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Colonel Redl Reviews

1984

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The second film in the trilogy made by director Istvan Szabo and actor Klaus Maria Brandauer -- hammocked between Mephisto and Hanussen -- Colonel Redl continues Mephisto's fascination with a man overwhelmed by history. In that film, Brandauer played an actor who tried to ignore the rise of the Third Reich, and here he's an .. Read more

Starring	Jan Niklas, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hans Christian Blech
Director	Istvan Szabo
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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  Highly intelligent film
  
  I love this film. it is so incredibly engrossing and intelligent - it captures the spirit of Europe just before WW1 brilliantly and the personal tragedy of the ... read more »
  
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  Head spy tops himself.
  
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  This is said not to be based on real people. Obst Redel did exist and he was very much the spider in the middle of the Austro Ungarian state network of ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Nov 2011 at 20:03
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  Engrossing masterpiece
  
  Apart from the outstanding performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer, the plot is a deeply fascinating tale of the capricious behaviour of governments and their ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Feb 2010 at 05:09
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  A glittering web
  
  'Colonel Redl' - ambitious, patriotic, honourable young Redl rises from military school to working for the heir to the Habsburg throne in the old Austro... read more »
  
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  - Sandy
  - 22 Nov 2009 at 19:39
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  superb Brandauer
  
  AS others have said truly riveting not quite the equal of Mephisto as I remember but worth watching if just for the superb acting of Brandauer.
  
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  - 26 Sep 2009 at 20:40
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  Colonel Redl
  
  Well worth seeing and a beautiful film, but ultimately flawed. Klaus Maria Brandauer is fascinating to watch, but is much better in Mephisto.
  
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  - 15 May 2009 at 22:30
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  Cheers for Klaus
  
  A great piece of theatricar art by Klaus Maria Brandauer, romantical Austrian landscapes, reminiscences of beloved Franz Josef. Slow but not boreing plot not ... read more »
  
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  I saw this film on television about fifteen years ago and the impression that it left with me has hardly faded in that time. I only recently found that it had ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Highly intelligent film
  
  I love this film. it is so incredibly engrossing and intelligent - it captures the spirit of Europe just before WW1 brilliantly and the personal tragedy of the ... read more »
  
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- - 7
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  Highly intelligent film
  
  I love this film. it is so incredibly engrossing and intelligent - it captures the spirit of Europe just before WW1 brilliantly and the personal tragedy of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 414399
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - London
  - 23 Feb 2007 at 08:36
- - 3
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  Customer Review
  
  I saw this film on television about fifteen years ago and the impression that it left with me has hardly faded in that time. I only recently found that it had ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 583425
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 3
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  Cheers for Klaus
  
  A great piece of theatricar art by Klaus Maria Brandauer, romantical Austrian landscapes, reminiscences of beloved Franz Josef. Slow but not boreing plot not ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 592861
- - a customer
  - Norbury
  - 04 Jul 2008 at 18:22
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  Colonel Redl
  
  Well worth seeing and a beautiful film, but ultimately flawed. Klaus Maria Brandauer is fascinating to watch, but is much better in Mephisto.
  
  Report this review
- 758150
- - a customer
  - Perth
  - 15 May 2009 at 22:30
- - 0
  - 0
  superb Brandauer
  
  AS others have said truly riveting not quite the equal of Mephisto as I remember but worth watching if just for the superb acting of Brandauer.
  
  Report this review
- 814979
- - jerym
  - 26 reviews
  - caerphilly uk
  - 26 Sep 2009 at 20:40
- - 0
  - 0
  A glittering web
  
  'Colonel Redl' - ambitious, patriotic, honourable young Redl rises from military school to working for the heir to the Habsburg throne in the old Austro... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 833571
- - blahblahblah
  - 40 reviews
  - Sandy
  - 22 Nov 2009 at 19:39
- - 0
  - 0
  Engrossing masterpiece
  
  Apart from the outstanding performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer, the plot is a deeply fascinating tale of the capricious behaviour of governments and their ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 859824
- - a customer
  - Ely, UK
  - 10 Feb 2010 at 05:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Head spy tops himself.
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  This is said not to be based on real people. Obst Redel did exist and he was very much the spider in the middle of the Austro Ungarian state network of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1066711
- - FranzFerdinand
  - 17 reviews
  - 24 Nov 2011 at 20:03

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  The second film in the trilogy made by director Istvan Szabo and actor Klaus Maria Brandauer -- hammocked between Mephisto and Hanussen -- Colonel Redl continues Mephisto's fascination with a man overwhelmed by history. In that film, Brandauer played an actor who tried to ignore the rise of the ...