Im Labyrinth des Schweigens 2014

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: "Labyrinth of Lies" hits every genre cliche, from the mawkish score to the no-dialogue-montage-of-tragedy. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: It deals with seminal issues in cinematic terms that keep the audience spellbound without sensationalism. The actors are perfect, especially the dynamic Mr. Fehling. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: An intelligent and arresting fact-based drama. Read more

Benjamin Mercer, AV Club: A lot more thought-provoking on issues of collective memory (or lack thereof) than the typical prestige picture, but it does falter dramatically in its later stretches. Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: Formulaic and uninspired ... Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: It's a worthwhile history lesson, dramatizing Germany's efforts to reconcile with its monstrous past. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: It's a somewhat stiff and conventional piece of work, but it examines an important, and historically neglected, subject. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: What should have been a fairly direct look at a culture hiding from itself becomes an overdone, angst-everywhere exercise. Read more

Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly: Fehling gives a commanding physical performance as he transitions from ambition to despair to, finally, resolve. Read more

Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter: The film deftly explores the story's complex moral issues from several sides. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "Labyrinth of Lies" too often feels like machine-stamped issue cinema from a moldy Hollywood playbook. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Big, sturdy, righteous and romantic. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A chilly, disquieting study of a society in a state of denial until the truth is bared. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The movie reveals so many secrets and twists that it threatens to dilute its message. When a visit to Auschwitz becomes little more than an appreciation of a pretty meadow, the script flirts with banality. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Frehling is excellent as a rigid do-gooder who thinks he understands everything and then comes up against crimes that shake his sense of the universe. His fresh fierceness is nicely balanced by Voss, who says little but radiates wisdom. Read more

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: The movie is a strong account of a lesser-known episode of post-Holocaust history raised above its obvious cinematic formula by Fehling's anchoring performance and the film's wise approach to the survivors' horrific testimony. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: [A] powerful, truth-based drama. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: It's to the film's credit that truth-telling here looks as hard as it does noble, and that the Holocaust is not treated just as a suspense story's macguffin. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: "Labyrinth of Lies" is an eye-opening story about the importance of seeking the truth - even when it's complicated, ugly and buried beneath years of secrecy and deceit. Read more