Starring Ewan Horrocks

Movies I want to spend money on are few and far between these days, but I can usually count on Angel studios to produce something that will tempt me to return to the movie theater. So how did their latest WW2 drama stack up?

Helmuth Hubener is going to go far in life. A brilliant student and a loyal Nazi, at only 16 he lands an internship at the Hamburg City Hall. But everything changes when his friend Solomon is arrested for being a half-Jew. The hypocrisy preached in his Mormon church and the words from the BBC on his illegal shortwave radio light the spark of truth in him – a truth he can’t keep silent about. What starts as a frustrated whim boils over into a dangerous mission: spread the truth each night in red leaflets and flyers. But truth has another name in Nazi Germany: Treason. And it comes with a high cost.

Pros: One of the things I appreciate about Angel studios is you can count on high quality clean movies. There is no language or sex, and any violence portrayed is necessary to tell a realistic story. But what I like most of all is the content. There is a stark difference between Truth and Treason and all the other movies out there. This wasn’t a horror movie, a CGI action movie with fictional heroes, or yet another biopic about a morally gray person. This is a real story, about a real hero, doing the right thing courageously, no matter the cost. And that’s worth spending your money on.

Cons: While the movie was extremely well done (and I think Angel studios will be giving the rest of Hollywood a run for their money if they keep this up), I did feel there could be more character development. If you subscribe to Angel Studios, you get exclusive access to a four-part movie series that expands on the two hour movie. I’m assuming the character development is there…

Had there been more character development, I probably would have had to break out the Kleenex.

Bottom Line: A WW2 resistance movie that’s worth the trip to the movie theater.