Klaus Maria Brandauer comes out of the WWI trenches with a head wound and telepathic powers, among them the ability to foresee the Third Reich. István Szabó, in his third film with Brandauer (after Mephisto and Colonel Redl), does not succeed in making this a screen subject, despite countless closeups of the star's hyperexpressiveness. (East European cinematic in-joke: an advance man for the Emperor, setting up a phony cemetery for a ceremonial visit, suggests inscribing the grave markers with names like Wajda, Menzel, and Jancsó.) A couple of the stage spectacles have a bit of visual appeal, but it scarcely matters when the consistent image of the film looks as if it was left outdoors for a week and exposed to the elements. With Erland Josephson. (1988) — Duncan Shepherd
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