American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
- Released: 2021-05-28
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Meadow Williams, Al Pacino, Thomas Kretschmann, Mitch Pileggi, Lala Kent, Carsten Norgaard, Jasper Polish, John D. Hickman, Swen Temmel, Jesy McKinney, Donat Balaj, Sewell Whitney, Jeffrey Holsman, Brian Dean Rittenhouse, Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz, John Cassarino, Marcus Rafinski
- Director: Michael Polish
Comments
- charliemark-97088 - 4 October 2023
sympathy for the devil
A sickeningly sappy, sympathetic, glowing hagiography of a racist, fascist war criminal. This movie is shocking in that it makes out a nazi mouthpiece to be the victim of unjust prosecution, without stopping for an instant to consider the millions of Europeans, and hundreds of thousands of Americans, who she actively assisted to murder from the highest level.
It used to be that movies so sympathetic to the Third Reich could only be produced on 8mm in someone's basement. Good to see that the quality of writing and acting at least hasn't drastically improved, now that nazis like the makers of this trash can afford nicer cameras.
And to anyone who says that the morally untroubled heroine of this story didn't do anything wrong: Go read or watch "Mother Night". - SCWC5IL - 11 January 2022
Better than some say
Many here criticize the performance of "Axis Sally." Unfortunately, these people who rushed to judgment didn't stick around for the end where the reason for her behavior becomes apparent and you realize she played the part to perfection.
My issues with the film relate to the apparently fabricated events with Goebbels and her other previous relationships with men.
Reality is good enough. Too many people watch shows like this and believe they saw what actually happened.
