Combat Girls

2011 [GERMAN]

Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 5991 6K

neo-nazism refugee ideology racism combat

Plot summary

Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a portrait of Adolf Hitler. But Marisa's convictions begin to crumble when she meets a young Afghan refugee, and she learns that the black and white principles of her gang are not the only way.

Director

David Wnendt Photo
David Wnendt

Top cast

Jella Haase Photo
Jella Haase as Svenja
Alina Levshin Photo
Alina Levshin as Marisa
Klaus Manchen Photo
Klaus Manchen as Großvater Franz
Hanna Binke Photo
Hanna Binke as Marisa Kind
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978.89 MB
1280*546
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   de   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   gr   hu   it   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 2
1.96 GB
1916*816
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   de   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   gr   hu   it   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ferdinand1932 8 / 10

Haunting

A film about right wing racism in Germany and a groan is predictable. While following the narrative of such stories, the cast and the style of the film offer a new perspective.The film is presented in a semi-documentary style, with scenes and transitions which are more like a documentary. The near realism - or TV like visual style - makes the building of the story interesting and unpredictable.The present is mixed with the back story of the lead character which allows for insight without her telling us because she can't.The cast have seemingly inhabited the roles and the script and together with the camera work, which puts the audience in the center of things, adds to the directness of the film.The story of racist violence is counterpointed with violence at other levels between the German characters and their families. In this grim environment a brief reconciliation emerges but is quickly shattered. The ending is almost poetic in an ugly place.A very fine achievement.
Reviewed by denial-638-119600 10 / 10

Deeply touching and painfully authentic

I'm certain this is going to be Germany's nominee for the Oscars.The auteur, David Wnendt, seems to have collected a lot of true stories and pieced them together into a fast-paced, very violent, often harrowing and quite unpredictable plot.Most of you don't know the East German neo-nazi scene. You'll ask yourself if this is really how these people live and talk. Believe me, it is. This movie is so close to reality it often feels like a documentary. I expected to sit in the cinema nitpicking, counting mistakes. I found just one. (A license plate with an "88" in it. The German license plate office doesn't allow that.) All the actors are unknowns and few of them get to shine. All the adults in this story are wooden and almost all the teenagers are idiots. Their main job is to convey total ignorance about the extent of their ignorance. They do that well. Jella Haase is very good.But Alina Levshin is the one who's superstar material. This is her movie, and it will be remembered as her breakthrough. Two of the movie's most memorable scenes are long uncut closeups of her face, not speaking, and they're some of the best acting I've seen, ever.Do see it. Just don't expect to sleep easily the night after.
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