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Enemy at the Door - Series 1 Specs:
Product Name
Enemy at the Door - Series 1
Manufacturer
Goldhil
Retail Price
$59.95
EAN-14
00743457168229
UPC
743457168229
Specifications
Release Date
2002-09-24
Format
DVD
Actor(s)
Alfred Burke
Rating
Not Rated
Num. of Items
4
Genre
Nazis
Weight
1 lbs.
Deal first added on:
28-February-2004
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This series features the unwelcome German occupation of a Channel Island called Guernsey in World War II. The series ran for only two seasons, so it highlights conditions before the worst conditions asserted themselves later during the occupation.
The film has an intellectual, managerial flair to it, and explores the politics, managerial decision-making, and injustices that happened during the occupation. It shows both the brutality and racism of some members of the German occupation forces, as well as some very decent, principled German commanders who tried to be as fair as their mandate allowed. It's quite talky in spots, but well-written with very realistic dialogue, exploring real issues you would expect to happen when a foreign power occupies another.
The series is filmed in color, but it's a kind of "washed out" color. The coloring preserves the black and white flavor of the era that we see in pictures, while providing enough color to give it a modern look and feel.
There are no subtitles, unfortunately -- something us North American viewers appreciate when the British speak quickly and with an accent that makes certain words unintelligible. But unlike many other British Television series, this was only a minor inconvenience.
The actors all do a great job of their roles, the only criticism is the use of British actors for German soldiers -- at times I laughed when the German General on the island said "Good Heavens!" in upper-crust British accent -- sometimes it made it hard to determine who was German, and who was British.
However, I was so engaged in this series, that I bought the second boxed set, and I've watched several of the episodes twice, the dialogue is so rich, and the way problems were resolved, so intelligent.
"DVD Enemy at the Door"
2008-04-03
- Reviewed By User: A38AY9TQHF2JJZ
I have enjoyed this series so much. A very human portrayal of every day life under occupation during WWII.
"Enemy At The Door" is an excellent British series about a mostly unknown aspect of World War II, at least from the perspective of us on this side of the pond. Excellently acted, well directed, this is a period piece you should see and much better than its ripoff version, "Island At War".
I am going to get the DVD as I understand it is subtitled. Also, let me recommend the season 2 of "Enemy At The Door".
This is a very good story. The problem is that it does not really ends. Are there more then these two volume sets, or collections?
Much as I love the British films I can't understand some of the characters when they speak soooo fast. Oh well, am sure other people as the same problem with such accents.
Bottom line: I want more of these stories and interested to buy all of it.
"Masterful execution of an objectionably flawed concept"
The acting, character development, period settings and costumes and so on are fully up to English television standards. But the Nazi occupation scenarios have been terribly toned down to make them commercially marketable. Numerous scholastic works and even the better theater all point to Nazi behavior as brutal, bestial and sociopathic, hardly reflective of the diplomacy and even gallantry seen from those in this series. The distortion may be objectionable to those of us who have studied the period, and may be enormously offensive to those who had to live through it or know others who did. There is a long list of more authentic and appropriate representations of that era -- choose any of them over this.
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"Thought-Provoking, Apparently Fair Look at the German Occupation of a Channel Island"
"A Great British Series!"
"Masterful execution of an objectionably flawed concept"