CriticCrunch has 2 Wanja Mues titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Pianist.
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay
A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann