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The Exception

2017
Directed byDavid Leveaux
1h 47m

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

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Lily JamesMieke de JongJai CourtneyCapt Stefan BrandtEddie MarsanHeinrich Himmler
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WarDramaRomance
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.9

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