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Joy Division (2006)
Director: Reg Traviss
Cast: Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen, Bernard Hill
Runtime105 min
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A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
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Joy Division (2006), directed by Reg Traviss, is a little-known drama about a teenage orphan who fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and is later sent to London during the Cold War to work for the KGB. The film's reception has been relatively quiet, with no major critical acclaim or awards recognition reported.
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Fans of thought-provoking dramas will appreciate director Reg Traviss' 2006 film 'Joy Division', which features compelling performances from stars like Ed Stoppard and Tom Schilling as it explores themes of identity, loyalty, and the moral ambiguity of the Cold War era.
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Joy Division is a 2006 British-German-Hungarian film directed by Reg Traviss. The story is a fictional biopic which follows the life of a boy in Germany at the end of World War II into his adulthood in Russia and London during the Cold War. The script was written by Reg Traviss and Rosemary Mason and went into production in 2004 after completion of Traviss' short film JD Pilot in 2003, based upon the same script and which also starred Ed Stoppard in the role of adult Thomas. Joy Division was shown for the film industry at the Cannes Film Festival European Film Market and at the American Film Market in 2005. It was invited to screen at the Copenhagen International Film Festival in 2006 and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom in November 2006.
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