Walk on Water

    Walk on Water
    2004

    Synopsis

    Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.

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    Cast

    • Lior AshkenaziEyal
    • Knut BergerAxel Himmelman
    • Caroline PetersPia Himmelman
    • Gideon ShemerMenachem
    • Carola RegnierAxel's Mother
    • Hanns ZischlerAxel's Father
    • Ernest LenartAlfred Himmelman

    Recommendations

    • 80

      L.A. Weekly

      Its suggestion that Israel, of all nations, should know better than to persecute minorities within and across its borders, give the film a thrilling universal appeal.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Compassionate and marvelously acted, although a subplot about the gay grandson slows the story down for a while.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Hits a bulls-eye.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      Though it is marred by an implausible climax and a cloying conclusion, this movie's quiet intelligence sneaks up on you, marking the director as a talent to watch.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      The new Israeli film Walk on Water is complex and paradoxical, at times frustrating but always involving. Something like the country that produced it.
    • 63

      New York Daily News

      The film nearly drowns in earnest morality.
    • 60

      TV Guide Magazine

      Fox falters a bit with the narrative, but offers a fascinating treatment of the issues facing the descendents of Jewish victims and their German persecutors, as well as one of the most chilling birthday parties ever filmed.
    • 50

      Variety

      Attempts the miraculous but achieves the adequate.

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