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(More customer reviews)I saw this movie in the theater and on the video as well. It was more compelling on a big screen, of course, but it is watchable more than one time, also. The production values, score, musical dubbing and sets are first rate; the ensemble actors do a fabulous job of making the viewer believe it is really they who are vocalizing, not lip-synching. You grow to really enjoy these fellows as individuals during the course of the movie and you really care about what will happen to their lives. The other reviews mentioned how dramatic is the story line, but it is the developing team work of the singers which carries the momentum. from the first hilarious meeting-up scenes to the thrilling stage presentations of their performances. I can't recall feeling more flooded with emotion during a movie than while watching the scene of their last performance in a career cut short because of Nazi anti-Jew regulations in the 1930s. At the close of the movie, there is a reprise in which you get a written report on how their later lives turned out. It's quite surprising.
While the movie's overriding message is one of vast sympathy for all the victims of Nazi persecution, the subtext, equally powerful, is the evanescence of live-performance art. The non-Jewish Harmonists, especially the bass, come across in a noble way that surely must characterize some ordinary German citizens of that time. This is a grand movie indeed! Note: A couple of the Harmonists were party animals, and the R rating comes from a few scenes with brief female nudity.
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Filled with topflight performances and unforgettable music, this entertaining and critically acclaimed story was cheered by audiences everywhere! When Harry, a struggling but highly imaginative funnyman, forms a singing group with an unusual group of friends, "The Harmonists" go on to become an overnight sensation in prewar Germany. But as their wave of success inevitably collides with the nation's changing political tide, the group's members are forced to face unprecedented challenges that will try their wills and test their loyalty!An award winner at several prestigious film festivals -- THE HARMONISTS is another outstanding motion picture you don't want to miss!
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