An Eastern Front Film that you might want to pass on?

[JoeArthur]

A film about the Eastern front released at the Venice Film Festival:

The Painted Bird review – savage, searing three-hour tour of hell

Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel and Udo Kier star in this phantasmagorical horror about eastern Europe that saw half the Venice audience walk out. I couldn’t look away

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gordon]

Sounds like a light-hearted romp. NOT!

 

[Paul M. Weir]

While the author of the book and his claims have been gutted, it might be worth viewing. I suppose if you can handle "Come And See", you can handle anything.

 

[Ray Woloszyn]

If you have read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin you can probably appreciate the visual images of this film.

 

[Yuri0352]

Apparently Barry Pepper is no longer a left-handed rifle shooter.

 

[Michael R]

A film about the Eastern front released at the Venice Film Festival:

The Painted Bird review – savage, searing three-hour tour of hell

Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel and Udo Kier star in this phantasmagorical horror about eastern Europe that saw half the Venice audience walk out. I couldn’t look away

www.theguardian.com

I read the book as an assignment in college. I always remember the passage describing hiding from the Germans by going into the sh*t under the latrines; it was so vivid for me that it triggered my gag reflex.