The Devil's Mistress (2016)

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The story it is telling is really interesting. You may want to know how and why a woman fell for someone the general public does view as a monster now but wasn't really seeing as a sex symbol either back then. One of the main flaws I already mentioned is the fact that everyone is talking Czech, even the Germans/Nazis, which doesn't really make much sense. Especially because when they film movies from time to time the same characters speak German. Even our main character has to learn German for her career ... so the Czech part of it all, is to make it work for home/origina country this is from.But that's not all of course. Looking back on those things, we do realize that a few things seem out of order. The chemistry is not the best between the actors and you might get bored from time to time. So while overall an interesting topic, this cannot convey and convince as it should be able to

There are always a number of reviewers on these pages who are in some manner associated with the films, either as paid propagandists for stinkers like this dog, or unpaid dupes. The reviews that refer to this slop in anything approaching glowing terms are such liars. 'Devil's Mistress' is trashy schlock in the guise of sumptuous sets, the stuff of rejects not up to the brainless standards of the Lifetime Channel. It attempts to portray Nazis and their ilk, including the title character, basically a whore of Goebbels, as somehow noble or innocent, above all the ugly politics she virtually embraces throughout the film for nothing beyond her selfish romantic and financial benefit, and the viewer is encouraged throughout to view her behavior with respect, as opposed to the disgust she and the entire film deserves. A thoroughly ugly story despite the superficial glitz.Oh and btw the lead actress is homely, to be charitable, no beauty as she is portrayed to be, part of the scam that infects this garbage from beginning to end.

this was so bad I couldn't stop watching it. A total waste of great costuming and scenery. As once was said of Kate Hepburn, the leading lady's talent ran the gamut from a to b.The burning fireplace sex scene had me laughing out loud. There was absolutely no chemistry between anyone in this mess, and the cartoon Nazis were about as scary as kittens.

This is a powerful, superbly done, compelling film, produced with that wonderful "European" quality that Hollywood never has been quite able to replicate. It's apparently a true story although, even being a war history buff, I had never heard of it. I suspect it may have been tarted up a bit for dramatic effect. If so, fine! It is a great and captivating couple of hours with brilliant cinematography and wonderful sets that capture the flamboyant Nazi pageantry of pre-war Germany. Most of the characters look real: Pavel Kriz as Hitler, Jan Lepsik as Himmler. But the key character, Joseph Goebbels, played by Viktar Preiss, looks nothing like the man. An intriguing snip of history most effectively converted to an engrossing movie.