Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/03/2004(USA
Release Date: 01/16/2007
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: First Look Pictures
In this
drama set in Eastern Europe in 1944, (
Martin Landau) plays
Josef Krauzenberg, a wealthy Hungarian Jewish business owner who, despite his fortune, finds his life hanging in the balance as the Nazi "final solution" is being enacted throughout Eastern Europe. Under the terms of the Third Reich's "Europa Plan,"
Krauzenberg arranges with Nazi leaders to exchange his fortune, his business holdings (textile plants, steel mills, ownership of several banks) and a collection of rare art for safe passage to Switzerland for himself, his wife
Rachel (
Judy Parfitt), and their family. Such is
Krauzenberg's wealth and power that when he agrees to sign over his property, two of the most powerful men in the Nazi regime announce they will come to his house to handle the paperwork --
Adolf Eichmann (
Steven Mackintosh) and
Heinrich Himmler (
Danny Webb); however, as the Nazi leaders are ushered into
Krauzenberg's home, they notice something unusual -- his two most trusted servants,
Hans Vassmann (
Kenny Doughty) and his wife
Ingrid (
Caroline Carver) are a married Aryan couple who are still working for a Jew despite the pogrom. As it happens,
Eichmann and
Himmler's suspicions are well-founded --
Hans and
Ingrid are actually Jews working undercover with a team of resistance fighters, and as they serve the Nazis, they wonder if they should kill
Eichmann and
Himmler for the greater good, even if it would mean certain death for the
Krauzenbergs and themselves. While
The Aryan Couple is fictional, it was inspired by actual events, and the existence of the "Europa Plan" has been documented, though no one appears to have been saved from death through its application.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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