"Der letzte Mentsch" is a German movie from last year that does not even run for 90 minutes. It was written and directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati and stars Mario Adorf ("Die Blechtrommel") way into his 80s by now as a Jew looking for his identity. Next to him, Katharina Derr plays the female lead and I was not as convinced by her as I was by Adorf sadly. It feels like this is a film, in which Adorf is somehow handing it on to the next generation and Derr may not have been the best personification of that. That said, she is not totally bad, just not too memorable either.
The film deals with a topic that is frequent in German films these days and unfortunately, I must say the script never felt as if it was bringing something really new to the table, something that hasn't been done before. Still there are moments when it was a pretty good watch, sadly not enough for me to say that it felt that there were enough of these moments. I will give them that it is somewhat difficult to make an innovative movie on this subject. The emotional moments could have been done slightly better too. All in all, I hoped this would be a better watch, especially given the film's rating here on IMDb. If you are interested in films about Jewery, you can check it out. Otherwise, skip it.
The film deals with a topic that is frequent in German films these days and unfortunately, I must say the script never felt as if it was bringing something really new to the table, something that hasn't been done before. Still there are moments when it was a pretty good watch, sadly not enough for me to say that it felt that there were enough of these moments. I will give them that it is somewhat difficult to make an innovative movie on this subject. The emotional moments could have been done slightly better too. All in all, I hoped this would be a better watch, especially given the film's rating here on IMDb. If you are interested in films about Jewery, you can check it out. Otherwise, skip it.