"Divided We Fall" is a vital reminder of the kinds of dramatic choices made by millions of peopled victimized by Nazis and traitors in a war that was fought at all costs.

| Original Score: B | May 20, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 24, 2004

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2003

Manages to be funny and touching without ever resorting to schmaltz.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 13, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2002

| Original Score: A- | Feb 9, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 8, 2001

Just when you think you've seen all the World War II films you can handle, one comes along that leaves you in awe.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2001

The comic elements are handled with a delicacy so that they do not overwhelm the dramatic underpinnings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2001

As with the films of Emir Kusturica, whose characters also resist easy analysis, the people in Divided We Fall are completely and wonderfully human.

| Oct 8, 2001

Divided We Fall is quintessentially Czech, and it knows no borders.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2001

No matter a person's race, creed, religion or even political affiliation, this simple Czech film is a triumph to be shared by all.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2001

A stark portrait of the Nazi occupation -- the paranoia citizens lived with every moment, and the way small lies lead to tragic consequences.

Full Review | Sep 7, 2001

A well-acted, thoughtful piece that shows what it may have been like living in Nazi-occupied portions of Europe, particularly in ethnically mixed Czechoslovakia.

Full Review | Sep 7, 2001

Has the literary richness, depth of character and tone that such a morally difficult, powerful narrative requires.

| Aug 16, 2001

Parts are very funny, but not over the top like Life is Beautiful.

Full Review | Aug 12, 2001

The players perfectly inhabit their characters; nobody seems to be actually acting.

Full Review | Aug 3, 2001

A lovely movie, one that allows its characters unexpected spurts of growth and regression, darkness and grace.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2001