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MARIA DUARTE is intrigued by a gripping what-if tale based on the fateful Munich Agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler in 1938
George MacKay in Munich — The Edge of War
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Munich — The Edge of War (12)
Directed by Christian Schwochow
DERIDED by history as a weak leader and appeaser, former prime minister Neville Chamberlain’s actions are seen in a fresh new light in this powerful and thrilling film adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel, Munich.
His desperate bid to broker peace with Adolf Hitler (Ulrich Matthes, who in fact played Joseph Goebbels in Downfall) in the autumn of 1938 at the Munich conference is perceived through the eyes of two young men who were former university friends at Oxford.
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