An American woman named Mildred Gillars broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II. She was dubbed Axis Sally by the American GIs who simultaneously loved and hated her. The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, Sally's eventual capture, and subsequent trial for treason in Washington D.C. after the war.... (Full plot summary below)
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An American woman named Mildred Gillars broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II. She was dubbed Axis Sally by the American GIs who simultaneously loved and hated her. The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, Sally's eventual capture, and subsequent trial for treason in Washington D.C. after the war.
Leave your thoughts about American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally.
| RogerEbert.comNell MinowThe movie's characters are less compelling, however, and the film never deeply engages the issues of consent, culpability, and justice it asks us to consider. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussIt presents a mostly sympathetic portrait of Mildred Gillars, the American actress who made propaganda radio broadcasts for the Nazis during World War II. Not an impossible task, but a tough one that the best efforts of producer-star Meadow Williams and director Michael Polish couldn’t make persuasive. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinPeriod re-creation is decent (the interiors-heavy film was shot entirely in Puerto Rico), Polish effectively peppers in bits of archival footage, and the story is often involving despite its missteps. Still, it’s hard not to wonder where the picture might have landed with a more skillful, charismatic lead and a subtler retelling. |
| VarietyJessica KiangClumsy, campy and kitsch, but also deadeningly dull for long stretches. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyThis is a plodding and ultimately infuriatingly noncommittal movie. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichPacino has made a lot of movies that feel like glorified tax shelters, but this is the first that appears to have actually been shot in one. |
| User ReviewTVJerryAxis Sally was the name of the character who broadcast entertainment and Nazi propaganda to Americans at home and in the military during World War II. This film follows the woman (Meadow Williams) who was brought back to the States to be tried for treason. Williams’ portrayal is flat, lacking any real charisma as Sally or much emotion as the real person. However, it’s Al Pacino as her lawyer, who gets to soak up all the attention with his now-typical crusty eccentric portrayal. The narrative jumps regularly between the Berlin events and the US trial (and how did she maintain access to all that makeup and those many dresses while in prison?), but never creates much dramatic momentum. It’s interesting as a historical curiosity, but rather lackluster as a movie. |
| User ReviewQhasiA less overly sympathetic portrayal would have made for a more compelling film. The film biggest mistake is that it fails to truly unpack the main character's motivation for the treasonous act. Also, the casting of the lead could have been better. There's a story worth telling here. Unfortunately it was poorly told. In the end it was like watching a rushed film adaptation of a Danielle Steel novel. |
| User Reviewzara2021American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally is a new drama film directed by Michael Polish. It is a 2021 movie and we are so excited about this war movie. And one of our main reason is Al Pacino who is one of the main characters of this film.the cast is one of the main reasons for watching American Traitor. Al Pacino as James Laughlin, Meadow Williams as Mildred Gillars, Swen Temmel as Billy Owen, Thomas Kretschmann as Joseph Goebbels, Mitch Pileggi as John Kelly, Lala Kent as Elva, Carsten Norgaard as Max Otto Koischwitz are Drew Taylor as Randy the main characters of the movie. American Traitor 2021 distributed by Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment and It release on May 28, 2021.so we can watch this movie right now from the digital platforms. |
