Review of Undine (2021) by Lee Marshall for Screen Daily — 28 Feb 2020

Petzold’s lean, crisply-shot tale is a deft shape-changer, switching mood and register, interlacing romance with suspense and sudden jabs of humour.

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This review of Undine (2021) was written by Lee Marshall and published by Screen Daily on 28 Feb 2020.

Undine has generally received positive reviews.

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