Movies like Colonel Redl
If Colonel Redl's mix of military officer, treason and male homosexuality stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Colonel Redl's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Valkyrie
2008 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: military officer, treason
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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The Silent Revolution
2018 · Directed by Lars Kraume · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
In 1956 Stalinstadt, East Germany, during the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, local teenagers perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Directed by Werner Herzog · 109 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat…
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Amadeus
1984 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 160 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso drama and history · From the same decade (1980s)
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.