Monday Morning Maybe

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Taking Sides

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2002 | 108 min | Drama, War, Music

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs. If you loved The Guns of Navarone or The Zone of Interest, start here.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 48 min.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    73% on Rotten Tomatoes, 61 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsWeak

    0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 20K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by István Szabó

  • Harvey KeitelSteve Arnold
  • Stellan SkarsgårdWilhelm Furtwängler
  • Moritz BleibtreuDavid Wills
  • R. Lee ErmeyGeneral Wallace
  • Birgit MinichmayrEmmi Straube
  • Ulrich TukurHelmut Rode
  • Oleg TabakovColonel Dymshitz
  • Hanns ZischlerRudolf Werner
  • Armin RohdeSchlee
  • Daniel WhiteSergeant Adams