2012 · action · war · history
Rommel
Directed by Niki Stein2h 0m2012
The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
Our read: Rommel (2012) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded action · war · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured action / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- cold
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