Synopsis
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
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Cast
- Meadow WilliamsMildred Gillars
- Al PacinoJames Laughlin
- Thomas KretschmannJoseph Goebbels
- Mitch PileggiJohn Kelly
- Lala KentElva
- Carsten NorgaardMax Otto Koischwitz
- Jasper PolishEverett Laughlin
- John D. HickmanJury Foreman Jones
- Swen TemmelBilly Owen
- Jesy McKinneyDelbert
Recommendations
- 50
Los Angeles Times
Period 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. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
It 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. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The 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. - 20
The New York Times
This is a plodding and ultimately infuriatingly noncommittal movie. - 20
Variety
Clumsy, campy and kitsch, but also deadeningly dull for long stretches. - 16
IndieWire
Pacino 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.
