Review of The Edge (2011) by Peter E — 29 Jan 2014

I'm with Jim Hunter on this one: I too don't really understand this film but would like to know more. I have a lot of questions and perhaps there are people out there who may know the answer. Overall, I would like to know what the underlying 'meaning' of the film is (why did they make it in the first place)?

But I have more specific questions. Here's just one: the camp commander (when he returned) said that Stalin was kind to place all those captured by the Germans away from other Soviet people, as they would be killed: is there any truth in this? Were even returning Soviet PoWs really seen as traitors?

Despite the fact I didn't understand the whole, there were some sections that were interesting. When Sophie was asked why she had preferred Stepan to her previous boyfriend she said 'there were more devils in him' ... always interesting for men to understand why they sometimes lose in love!

The mist of mystery that covers the film may hide things that start to look a little silly in the cool light of hindsight. The fact that Sophie's 'trophy' German child suddenly cheered up when he once more heard his mother tongue was a tad sentimental. And how did that German girl survive for more than four years on her own? Maybe I'm being a spoil sport on this ... the film's worth watching, in any case.