German director Christian Schwochow takes the real-life 1938 meeting between Neville Chamberlain and Adolph Hitler and creates a pulse-pounding tale of espionage, ambition, and friendship.
When we last we saw George MacKay running, he was sprinting full-tilt across a World War I battlefield. In “1917,” the British actor played a soldier tasked with delivering a message that a soon-to-be-launched offensive is doomed to fail. In “Munich Edge of War,” the year is 1938 and the setting is London, then…
"Munich" would be better grounded and more timely if it spent less effort honoring Neville Chamberlain’s noble hopes and more time examining why Chamberlain, Britain and Europe weren’t more awake to the clear and present danger.
When we last we saw George MacKay running, he was sprinting full-tilt across a World War I battlefield. In “1917,” the British actor played a soldier tasked with delivering a message that a soon-to-be-launched offensive is doomed to fail.