The Devil's Mistress

January. 21,2016      
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Salzburg, Germany, 2000. The elderly Czech actress Lída Baarová tells a journalist the tumultuous story of her rise to fame in 1930s Berlin and her passionate relationship with the sinister Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich.

Tatiana Pauhofová as  Lída Baarová
Karl Markovics as  Joseph Goebbels
Gedeon Burkhard as  Gustav Fröhlich
Zdenka Procházková as  Lída Baarová (80 Years Old)
Simona Stašová as  Ludmilla Babková - Mother
Martin Huba as  Karel Babka - Father
Anna Fialová as  Zorka Janů - Sister
Pavel Kříž as  Adolf Hitler
Jiří Mádl as  Hans Fischer - UFA Assistant Director
Lenka Vlasáková as  Magda Goebbels

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Reviews

Claysaba
2016/01/21

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Dotbankey
2016/01/22

A lot of fun.

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Suman Roberson
2016/01/23

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
2016/01/24

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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craig hill
2016/01/25

There are always a number of reviewers on these pages who are in some manner associated with the films, either as paid propagandists for stinkers like this dog, or unpaid dupes. The reviews that refer to this slop in anything approaching glowing terms are such liars. 'Devil's Mistress' is trashy schlock in the guise of sumptuous sets, the stuff of rejects not up to the brainless standards of the Lifetime Channel. It attempts to portray Nazis and their ilk, including the title character, basically a whore of Goebbels, as somehow noble or innocent, above all the ugly politics she virtually embraces throughout the film for nothing beyond her selfish romantic and financial benefit, and the viewer is encouraged throughout to view her behavior with respect, as opposed to the disgust she and the entire film deserves. A thoroughly ugly story despite the superficial glitz.Oh and btw the lead actress is homely, to be charitable, no beauty as she is portrayed to be, part of the scam that infects this garbage from beginning to end.

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blanche-2
2016/01/26

"The Devil's Mistress" is a 2016 Czech made for television film starring Tatiana Pauhofová as the real-life film star, Lida Baarova, who was Goebbels mistress.Baarova was Czech, but became a big star in Germany and was involved with another star, Gustav Frolich. Though in the film he is not divorced, in real life, he was. She eventually became the lover of Goebbels (Karl Markovics). Hitler intervened and ordered the relationship severed, which made Baarova an outcast in the social and film scene in Berlin. She was forbidden to leave the country.With the help of a friend, she escaped back to Prague. She worked in film there and in Italy. When the war was over, she was imprisoned by the Americans and later released. Later on, she resumed acting in Italy. After the fall of Communism, Baarova wrote her autobiography, and the 1995 film Lída Baarová's Bittersweet Memories won an award in Slovakia."The Devil's Mistress" deals with her life up to the time right after the war, with a quick narration about the next few years. Her two marriages are omitted. And, of course, there is some dramatic license taken with the story. For instance, while involved with Goebbels, a costar in the film version of Die Fledermaus, Friedl Czepa, was taken out of the film because she was a Jew. Lida appeals to Goebbels so she can be rehired. In real life, Friedl Czepa was a major Nazi collaborator and in no danger of being fired.One of the reviews mentioned the love scene between Goebbels and Lida. I have to admit, it was a scream, with overly dramatic, loud music, images superimposed on the fire, and Goebbels' hilarious facial expression of ecstasy. That scene and the hair on the actor who played Hitler were over the top.Tatiana Pauhofová is effective as Lida; Zdenka Procházková does an excellent job as the elderly Baarova. The rest of the acting is fine.This was a very expensive production with gorgeous sets and clothes, plus the '30s-40s atmosphere. But somehow it had the stamp of TV movie all over it. Possibly it was the music or the fact that the script wasn't biting enough. At any rate, it didn't deserve the one star someone gave it here.

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bevonola
2016/01/27

this was so bad I couldn't stop watching it. A total waste of great costuming and scenery. As once was said of Kate Hepburn, the leading lady's talent ran the gamut from a to b.The burning fireplace sex scene had me laughing out loud. There was absolutely no chemistry between anyone in this mess, and the cartoon Nazis were about as scary as kittens.

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rps-2
2016/01/28

This is a powerful, superbly done, compelling film, produced with that wonderful "European" quality that Hollywood never has been quite able to replicate. It's apparently a true story although, even being a war history buff, I had never heard of it. I suspect it may have been tarted up a bit for dramatic effect. If so, fine! It is a great and captivating couple of hours with brilliant cinematography and wonderful sets that capture the flamboyant Nazi pageantry of pre-war Germany. Most of the characters look real: Pavel Kriz as Hitler, Jan Lepsik as Himmler. But the key character, Joseph Goebbels, played by Viktar Preiss, looks nothing like the man. An intriguing snip of history most effectively converted to an engrossing movie.

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