Invincible (2001)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Runtime

2h 13m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish strongman from Poland comes to Berlin in the 1920s. He performs feats of strength and crosses paths with a famous mystic who is rising in influence.

episodicsomberslow-pacedcontemplativehistoricalmelancholicintimategrim

What happens

Invincible (German: Unbesiegbar) is a 2001 biographical historical drama film written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog. It is a fictionalized account of the lives of Zishe Breitbart, a Jewish strongman in early 20th-century Berlin, and Erik Jan Hanussen, a self-proclaimed mystic and clairvoyant. It stars real-life strongman Jouko Ahola as Breitbart and Tim Roth as Hanussen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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