Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They dream of retaliation on an epic scale for the Jewish people. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Max starts identifying with the group's monstrous plans...
Plan A - Die jüdischen Rächer, Le poison de la vengeance, Plan A - Was würdest du tun?, План А, A计划, Az A terv, תוכנית א', 플랜 A, Plán A, Načrt A, Plano A, 毒謀, Planas A, Pla A, Planul A
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I have seen a few Israeli and American Jewish films with this premise of a realistic (as opposed to a fantastic or re-imagined take of which there are a few more) revenge plot against the Nazis in post-war Germany.
Although it does have a few scenes which highlight the severe PTSD, ostracism, survivor's guilt and economic destitution of Jews remaining in Germany after World War 2, it doesn't concentrate on this drama and conflict to the extent it should.
It tries to be an action and/or war adventure film without applying any of the plot elements to make it intense or engaging, in an already saturated war movie genre and even in the peri-Holocaust subgenre. With a premise like this,…
Kurz nach dem Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs, planen radikale Juden Millionen von deutschen Männern, Frauen, Kindern zu töten. Ein extrem unbekanntes Kapitel der direkten Nachkriegsgeschichte. Tatsächlich hatten Zionisten gegen die Terrorzelle gearbeitet, da ihr Anschlag mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit die Errichtung Israels verhindert hätte.
Mann, was hätte man aus der Geschichte für einen spannenden Triller machen können. Adrenalingeladenes Hochspannungskino. Hätte... Aber in Deutschland machen die Filmschaffenden nunmal viel lieber düstere Betroffenheitsdramen. So liegt denn auch hier der Fokus weniger auf der eigentlichen Story, sondern mehr auf dem menschlichen Drama. August Diehl gibt denn auch alles und die Maskenbildner haben auch ganze Arbeit geleistet. Aber irgendwie wirkt das dann alles doch viel zu hochgestochen, elitär, intellektuell... halt nach deutschem, öffentlich-rechtlichem Betroffenheitskino.
Trotzdem hat der seine Momente, spannend wird es mitunter auch, und ich wurde schon wesentlich schlechter unterhalten. Es ist nur halt schade, dass aus Deutschland sowas halt immer zum gleichen Schmonz mutieren muss...
Plan A is definitely a disappointing film because what should have been a riveting Nazi hunting film (that is surprisingly based on true events) but unfortunately all we get is a slow mess of a film that never really finds its footing.
Overall, I wish this would have been a good film because the plot is great, it’s the execution that sucks.
2.5/5
This movie is loosely based on a group of Jewish survivors called The Avengers ( Nakam ) who made it their mission, immediately after WWII, to identify and kill as many Nazis as they could.
Their leader's name was Abba Kovner, a poet who said " Never again we'll we walk like sheep to the slaughter! "
Later, in actuality Abba Kovner went to Palestine to talk to Ben Gurion to get the poison, which was to be administered into the water system of six major German cities and kill about 6,000,000 Germans. An eye for an eye.
The Haganah deemed him too dangerous and a detriment to the creation of the State Of Israel.
They gave him the poison…
kinda boring but leads you down interesting wikipedia history rabbit holes
alles was ich sage: twilight breaking dawn part 2
Das muss man erst einmal sacken lassen. Damit meine ich weniger den Film, sondern mehr die nachdenklichen Worte gegen Ende.
Was würde ich tun? Ich weiß es nicht. 6 Millionen gegen 6 Millionen? Man muss sich vorstellen, wie die Welt, insbesondere Deutschland aussehen würde, wäre "Plan A" durchgeführt worden.
Der Film gab Aufschluss darüber, mehr aber ehrlich gesagt auch nicht. August Diehl gefiel mir sehr gut.
בדיוק כמו גולדה ונפוליאון למה לעזאזל הדמויות האלה מדברות באנגלית הכי עילגת שיש ולא בשפה שהם אשכרה אמורים לדבר בה.
סיפור חמוד אבל הדיאלוג נוראי ולבמאי אין מושג מה זה סאבטקסט.
Doron and Yoav Paz’s fact-based thriller follows the 1945 secret operation by a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who planned to poison Germany’s water system.
Set in Germany 1945, the story concerns Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, who encounters a political gang of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, saw all optimism for their future vanish after they were pickpocketed of their life and their whole families were murdered by the Nazis.
They have ambition of vengeance on a huge scale for the Jewish residents. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Max begins recognising with the gang’s immoral strategies…
August Diehl gives an okay performance in his role as Max, one of the Holocaust survivors whose…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Plan A is a German film about a group of Jewish soliders who hunt down Nazis after the war and execute them for thier crimes. They find out about another group of Holocaust survivors who want to poison the water supply in Germany and kill every German as revenge.
The film is brilliantly tense and the performances are amazing throughout especially as they are characters who have survived the Holocaust and persecution from the Nazis. The film is a true story and is breathtaking to see and brings up questions about what is right and wrong and how easy it is to become absorbed by radical ideas and lose yourself for the sake of revenge. The film is well constructed and worth the watch!
Feels more like a B-Movie than an actual serious take on Jewish survivor's guilt and revenge, which is a disappointment cause there's some potential here. Oh well.
A fascinating story let down by stodgy storytelling and average direction. There’s a brilliant film to be told about Nakam and its founder Abba Kovner, but this isn’t it. That said, I did like August Diehl in the main role of Max, whose quiet and dignified performance elevates the film considerably.
