I recently saw the trailer for “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin.” It reminded me of another film with similar historical accuracy, 2012’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
As you might imagine, this is a film that has nothing to do with the actual, historical Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
As soon as it was released concerns arose that “Bonhoeffer” was primarily a vehicle for Christian Nationalism. The Bonhoeffer Society itself has condemned it. Even the cast of the movie has had misgivings:
In Germany, Die Zeit published a scathing review, “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: How Trump’s radical supporters weaponized Dietrich Bonhoeffer”):
https://www.zeit.de/2024/44/dietrich-bonhoeffer-theologe-donald-trump-unterstuetzer-gewalt
And an article in German Broadcast Culture read: “Fake News about a Nazi resistance fighter”:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/film-bonhoeffer-radikale-christen-usa-100.html
The film was produced by Utah-based Christian Nationalist media company Angel Studios and was adapted from a “biography” (in quotes for good reason) by Eric Metaxas, a right-wing talk show host and rabid supporter of the Orange Führer himself.
https://www.ywampublishing.com/p-1554-bonhoeffer-pastor-martyr-prophet-spy.aspx
The Baptist News didn’t like the film:
And the Jewish online magazine The Forward had concerns about modern day Nazis falsifying history:
https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/677167/dietrich-bonhoeffer-todd-komarnicki-biopic-review/
So don’t bother with this garbage. In any case it won’t be long before you’re drowning in a flood of Christian Nationalist propaganda.
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