Paradise (2016) Russia, Germany
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Director:Andrey Konchalovskiy
Studio:Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky
Writer:Andrey Konchalovskiy, Elena Kiseleva
Rating:7.1 (973 votes)
Date Added:2018-01-29
Awards:16 wins & 14 nominations
Genre:Drama, War
Release:2017-01-19
IMDb:4551318
Duration:130
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Languages:Russian, German, French, Yiddish
LAC code:4000101012
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Andrey Konchalovskiy  ...  (Director)
Andrey Konchalovskiy, Elena Kiseleva  ...  (Writer)
 
Peter Kurth  ...  Obersturmbannführer Hans Krause (as Peter Kurt)
Yuliya Vysotskaya  ...  Olga
Viktor Sukhorukov  ...  Heinrich Himmler
Ramona Kunze-Libnow  ...  Nachalnitsa kontslagerya (as Ramona Kuntse-Libnov)
Philippe Duquesne  ...  Zhyul (as Filipp Dyuken)
George Lenz  ...  
Jean Denis Römer  ...  Shulman (as Zhan Denis Romer)
Christian Clauss  ...  Khelmut (as Kristian Klaus)
Jakob Diehl  ...  Fogel (as Yakov Dil)
Irina Demidkina  ...  Okhrannitsa tyurmy
Thomas Darchinger  ...  Heinrich Himmler (voice)
Caroline Piette  ...  Zhyustina (as Karolina Pett)
Vera Voronkova  ...  Roza
Anna-Mariya Danilenko  ...  Babish
Anastasiya Serova  ...  
Summary: Feature film about three people whose paths cross during a terrible time of war: Olga, a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French Resistance; Jules, a French collaborator; and Helmut, a high-ranking German SS officer. Olga is arrested for hiding Jewish children during a raid. Her case is investigated by Jules who, attracted to her, offers to be soft on her if she'll sleep with him. But his intentions are cut short when he is killed by Resistance fighters. Olga is put into a concentration camp where she encounters Helmut who was once madly in love with her and still harbours feelings for her. Together they embark on a twisted and destructive relationship. As the Nazis face imminent defeat, Helmut decides to save Olga and escape with her to South America. Although she initially agrees to go with him, at the last moment she changes her mind. Prepared to die for her beliefs - the idea that all lives have a purpose and that even in the direst circumstances, people are capable...