The Exception (2016)

Directed by

David Leveaux

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 472 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German officer is sent to investigate if a British spy is hiding in the home of the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. During his mission, he falls in love with a maid working at the estate.

romantictensemelancholicslow-burnvisually lushhistoricalintimateunderstated

What happens

The Exception is a 2016 romantic war film directed by David Leveaux (in his directorial debut) and written by Simon Burke, based on Alan Judd's 2003 novel The Kaiser's Last Kiss. The film stars Jai Courtney, Lily James, Janet McTeer, and Christopher Plummer. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II (Plummer). When a Wehrmacht officer (Courtney) is ordered to determine whether or not a British spy has infiltrated the Kaiser's residence with a view to assassinating the deposed monarch, he falls in love with one of the Kaiser's maids (James) during his investigation. The film is set in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. In 2014, Egoli Tossell Film announced that development on a film adaptation of Judd's novel had begun. Principal photography in Belgium lasted six weeks in 2015. The film held its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section. The film received a limited theatrical release and a video-on-demand release on 2 June 2017, through A24 and DirecTV Cinema in the United States. The film was released on 2 October 2017 in the United Kingdom through Signature Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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