American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
- Released: 2021-05-28
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Meadow Williams, Al Pacino, Thomas Kretschmann, Mitch Pileggi, Lala Kent, Carsten Norgaard, Jasper Polish, John D. Hickman, Swen Temmel, Jesy McKinney, Donat Balaj, Sewell Whitney, Jeffrey Holsman, Brian Dean Rittenhouse, Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz, John Cassarino, Marcus Rafinski
- Director: Michael Polish
Comments
- crumpytv - 24 June 2022
What Would You Have Done?
I found this interesting and worth watching.
I didn't know anything about the story and subsequently researching it I found the film to pretty accurate. - DKosty123 - 24 November 2021
Verdict Makes No Sense
This film spends a long time on background, and waits too late to bring the court hearings into it. Al Pacino does do an inspired closing, but the jury decision makes no sense in this context. I wish someone had bothered to go to the court records and pull out what the jury looked at to put it into the film to make sense.
Why would a jury disregard the fact that Axis Sally was scripted and spoke other persons word for 7 counts, but then find her guilty for doing the exact same thing on count number 8? That is the perplexing problem here. With what is presented, the verdict makes no sense. There's something missing that made the jury do that, but it's not in the film.
The sequencing is good, but does ramble going back and forth with Axis Sally's life, but at least when it goes back it says when and where it is going. The script does a poor job bringing the characters to life. The only salvation is in the closing credits when one of the real people in the film gets a chance to talk. I love the history here, but hate the way it is presented. There has got to be another way.
The cast is good, but they do not really get the material to work with. - bknb02 - 13 October 2021
Horrible movie, scared the hell out of me!
Now watch them block my review as if hell is a bad word, whatever!
I Hated this movie! Once I realized how upset I was, I turned it off! It creeps up on you! I'd say, be careful! It is not as light or about her singing as people are making out. Her singing is good. Not the issue though! The acting is all good. Great actors, to be expected... not the issue!
It is a creepy ass movie about some really horrible stuff that went on. Goebbels was a coward and I am sure billions of people wish he had not committed suicide so that he could have been prosecuted.
The movie ask repeatedly not to judge and yet it is a trial, all about judging! You should get the mental manipulation just from that statement without my having to give anything away!
This movie makes me feel like crap for having gone on and on about the beauty of a German city yesterday with a German lady at a fancy luncheon.
Yuck! Just all bad stuff!
It is so easy to forget about what happened when it was a long time before you were born. I do think we have to remember to make sure it never happens again.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely!
I guess because I turned this off , this is a half review. I don't care. I really wanted it to be good and interesting and not so horrifying and gross. But it is horrifying and gross! Good anti-war movie though! If you need to be told war is horrifying and gross! You should definitely watch this then!
Ha!
