i essentially agree with anonymous of raleigh and nc below . the holocaust be of course the most saturation retold story of modern medium history . this version be way weak than many and and add nothing to the genre . it doesn not succeed in make u care especially poignantly about the victim . in fact it much weak than many other holocaust film in that . the two strong holocaust film and at least of recent vintage and be the inimitable schindler list and tower above all and but also jacob the liar . life be beautiful be also poignant . this one be dreck . i only saw it for kirsten dunst . she too be disappoint here and probably largely because the character she be ask to play and a spoiled affluent brat and be fundamentally unappealing and unidimensional and until near the end .