The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.
Kurt Hoffmann
Director
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Old Woman Kauders
František Filipovský
Old Man Kauders
Ladislav Kríz
Emil Kauders
Wolfgang Kieling
Karl Marek
Rosel Schäfer
Olga Marek
Helmut Schmid
Leutnant Slezak
Walter Taub
Salomon Laufer
Hana Vítová
Mali Laufer
Peter Herrmann
Ernst Laufer
Tamara Kafková
Frieda Laufer
Martin Gregor
Marcel Lederer
Honey Don't! is a chaotic queer noir that's part detective story, part midnight movie madness. Margaret Qualley is fantastic as the wise-cracking private eye Honey, with Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans adding their own dry humor to the mix. The mystery itself is pretty loose, but the film makes up for it with crackling sexual tension, weird side characters, and razor-sharp dialogue. It's messy and uneven, but in the best possible way.
Taika Waititi and the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder have been hyping up the gayness of this movie, and while there are queer characters, it's not quite the representation we were hoping for.
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.
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