The Keeper

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The Keeper

2020,

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Biography/

Drama/

Romance

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A young English woman and a soccer-playing German POW overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy near the end of World War II.

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Critics Consensus

The Keeper strays into easy sentimentality, but this fact-based drama's warm spirit makes its indulgences easy to forgive.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Oct 1, 2020

Maybe the actual Trautmann was haunted by memories of a boy with a soccer ball he saw killed. But it's likely that reality was less tidy.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jul 16, 2019

3/5

For the most part, the film embraces its contradictions. As a parable about forgiveness, it's a fine example. As a portrait of the real Trautmann, some questions remain, hanging in the air like a ball on the way to the far corner of the net.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Apr 5, 2019

3/5

A delightful slab of Hovis-commercial filmmaking that efficiently orders the vital elements in Trautmann's story.

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Robert Denerstein

Denerstein Unleashed

Oct 8, 2020

An appealing cast sells the story, but questions of choice and complicity don't always fit neatly into a sports story that features a likable main character whose "guilt" is concentrated in a single war-time incident.

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Oct 1, 2020

B

Works on its own formulaic terms, but apart from the soccer-based material, one should take its portrayal of events with a spoonful not of sugar, but salt.

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Harvey S. Karten

Big Apple Reviews

Sep 26, 2020

B+

Though sentimental "Hallmark Hall of Fame-ish" the biopic about a German soldier who becomes a hero to the English city of Manchester is sincere and deserving.

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Synopsis

A young English woman and a soccer-playing German POW overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy near the end of World War II.

Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Screenwriter: Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Nicholas J. Schofield
Distributor: Menemsha Films
Production Co: Zephyr Films, British Film Company, Lieblingsfilm GmbH - München
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2021
Runtime: 2h 0m

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