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Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior) (2000)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 32

More slow-moving than Run Lola Run, this film nonetheless offers an intriguing storyline about love and fate.

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 10

More slow-moving than Run Lola Run, this film nonetheless offers an intriguing storyline about love and fate.

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Director Tom Tykwer followed up his international hit Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) with this drama, which also examines young people living on the edges of the law. Sisi (Franka Potente) is an attractive but withdrawn woman who works in a psychiatric clinic, while Bodo (Benno F�rmann) is looking to make some quick money after his recent release from the army. Bodo robs a gas station and is fleeing on foot when he accidentally causes Sisi to be hit by a truck. Realizing she's seriously injured, Bodo

R, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Tom Tykwer

Written By: Tom Tykwer

In Theaters: Jun 22, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Jan 29, 2002

Sony Pictures Classics

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Cast

Franka Potente
Sissi
Benno F�rmann
Bodo
Joachim Kr�l
Walter
Marita Breuer
Sissi's Mother
J�rgen Tarrach
Schmatt
Lars Rudolph
Steini
Ludger Pistor
Werner Durr

Critic Reviews for Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior)

All Critics (93) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (32) | DVD (16)

This is bravura filmmaking and a movie not to be missed.

September 28, 2001 Comment

Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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Often fascinating but bizarre and, ultimately, unsatisfying.

August 24, 2001 Comment

Susan Stark

Detroit News

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Its two characters remain figures, merely symbols.

August 6, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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Every person's behavior, Tykwer demonstrates with a flourish, is ultimately a matter of chance.

July 16, 2001 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

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Mesmerizing fable of frozen grief and stubborn love.

July 13, 2001 Comment

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

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You don't have any idea what's going to happen next.

July 12, 2001 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

...a film that's gorgeous to look at, but completely hollow and devoid of compelling characters.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Potente proves her versatility as an actress here with a much more subdued character, but is still capable of delivering powerhouse emotional scenes

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

It's a fascinating mix, even when the straight-faced melodrama clangs against such wicked, poker-faced absurdism.

July 24, 2002 Comment

Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

Una pel�cula muy regular, despu�s del sabor que nos dej� Corre Lola Corre.

May 25, 2002 Comment

Luis Martinez

Cinenganos

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Pretty to look at, but unnecessarily slow...as if the goal were to make a heist movie without the vulgar ingredient of excitement. Very odd movie. I kept asking myself "is there a point to all this"? Very long, too. Just not my cup of tea, apparently.

September 20, 2011

Cynthia S.

Super Reviewer

a fairy tale, as the title suggests, in the sense that fairy tales are myths of psychic healing. it's one of the oldest functions of storytelling and the characters here are archetypal. love franka and that hypnotic piano theme during the heist. an ambitious film on many levels and i was pretty into it up until the

September 26, 2010