Jiří Menzel and Peter Simonischek in The Interpreter (2018)

The Interpreter

Original title: Tlmocník
Movie2018• 1h 53m
ComedyDrama
⭐ 6.8 / 10(625)

Ali Ungar discovers in his 80s a book written by an SS soldier describing how he killed his parents back in Slovakia. He decides to take revenge, but when he arrives at the soldier's house he finds his son instead.

Runtime
1h 53m
Released
2018
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria

Details

Release year: 2018

Storyline

Ali Ungar discovers in his 80s a book written by an SS soldier describing how he killed his parents back in Slovakia. He decides to take revenge, but when he arrives at the soldier's house he finds his son instead.

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Did you know

• All the archival interviews were real. 2 months after filming completed, the first interviewee had died.

• Official submission of Slovakia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 91st Academy Awards in 2019.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

A respectful look at the Holocaust through the eyes of children of victims and perpetrators

👍 9 · 10/12/2018
⭐ 8/10

Dealing with the past

👍 1 · 1/11/2024
⭐ 9/10

Slow paced, needs attention, but worth watching

👍 7 · 4/10/2019

Technical specs

Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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