Sorry, this movie sucks

Charming and brutal

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I would rank this movie along with Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards as one of the best war time movies. It was without doubt a thriller. You should however gloss over some liberties taken in the script related to knowledge of concentration camps, the camaraderie and parleying on equal terms with the Nazis etc., Every frame was nail baiting one. There were a lot of twists and turns throughout. The brutality of Nazi Germany is revealed without any gross exhibition. No Blood, no hanging, no bodies lying around. The movie begins with shots of the Auschwitz museum. It gradually catches pace keeping you engrossed throughout. I will watch this movie again after 6 months for its sheer adrenalin rush. There was this commentator who listed out a number of errors related to custom, wrong airplane. Come on guys, this is a movie. Allow the Director/Script Writer to take some liberty so that he can make the movie enjoyable. If you want 100 accuracy you need to watch a documentary not a fictional movie.

In 1944, in Hungary, the wealthy Jewish industrialist Joseph Krauzenberg (Martin Landau) is forced by the Reichführer Heinrich Himmler (Danny Webb) to deliver his 3,000 employee factory; his palace with his collection of antiques and arts; a large amount in gold; and his house to the Reich. In return, the Nazis would send his big family that is arrested in Gestapo safe and sound to the neutral Switzerland and then to Palestine. Himmler schedules a dinner with Krauzenberg and his wife Rachel Krauzenberg (Judy Parfitt) to sign the contract and orders the butcher Eichmann (Steven Mackintosh) to not do harm to the imprisoned Jews relatives of Krauzenberg. Himmer also send the SS Edelhein (Christopher Fulford) to check the security of the palace and the two German house servants of Krauzenberg, Hans Vassman (Kenny Doughty) and his beautiful pregnant wife Ingrid Vassman (Caroline Carver). Hans and Ingrid are actually the Jews David and Leila Steinberg and members of the resistance. When the Krauzenberg couple concludes the negotiation with Himmler, Ingrid discloses to the couple that Hans and she are Jews. However, the deal is closed and Joseph has no means to include the young servants in his deal. "The Aryan Couple" is an engaging, thrilling and dramatic war super production. The story is suspenseful and uses magnificent locations and cinematography. Martin Landau is fantastic as usual and Ms. Judy Parfitt has the best lines confronting Himmler. Despite the use of English language even for the German soldiers, the performances are excellent. The realistic negotiation of Joseph Krauzenberg with the Germans to save his family and the corruption of Dresler are unusual themes in this type of war movie that is unfortunately underrated in IMDb. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Contrato Arriscado" ("Risky Contract")

A very nice casting by good actors unfortunately they didn't speak German. I find it very hard to trow my self in to the movie knowing that a bunch of English actors with there Scottish accents are playing the part of a Fürher etc.But despite the fact the are English it was a very realistic movie with a flow of drama action and occasionally a bit of dark humor (not that I am a Nazi lover ore something).it's just a great family movie where you can think and talk about afterward and it stays in your head for a couple of days and you will probably have something like... hmm I am glad that i live int the 20 century A movie to watch or even to buy!

As a history buff I was amazed by the evolving plot where Himmler saves the rich Jewish Krauzenberg family, in order to take over their fast fortune. good acting, somewhat predictable directing. We sat glued to our seats, watching the evil roll before our eyes. When I came home ; checked the history and found out that the whole story is fiction, I became a little annoyed. Playing with the horrible holocaust story in this particular us distasteful, IMHO.So, th eplt was, after all, imlausible.Martin Landau did an excellent job as Josef Krauzenberg, and so did his "wife" Judy Parfitt. Kenny Daughty and Caroline Carver looked far too British when they tried to portray the young Jewish couple masquerading as German Aryans in Hungary