What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Loznitsa does not impose his opinions onto the material in an obvious fashion.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Loznitsa does not impose his opinions onto the material in an obvious fashion.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is impossible to look at the faces of the witnesses speaking here and not see their pain, not know that what they are speaking is the truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It is impossible to look at the faces of the witnesses speaking here and not see their pain, not know that what they are speaking is the truth.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Loznitsa’s approach is quietly observational, capturing the quotidian goings on as they continue beneath the shadow of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Loznitsa’s approach is quietly observational, capturing the quotidian goings on as they continue beneath the shadow of war.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Each successive scene hits you over the head with the ferocity of the action.

~ Richard Mowe -

Each successive scene hits you over the head with the ferocity of the action.

~ Richard Mowe -

The way June 1941 is presented here, the looming warfare seems to happen in the present

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The way June 1941 is presented here, the looming warfare seems to happen in the present

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -