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Miller is denied entry to Hitler’s apartment because it is “for officers only”
Story
The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a model turned acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II. The production was granted full access to Lee Miller’s archives, with the full cooperation and trust of Miller’s family.
War correspondents were given the rank of captain, so technically the US Army guard should have granted her entry
Lee Miller: [Handing a knife to a girl she has just saved from rape] Next time, cut it out. The end credits contain some explanation of “what happened to”; and some of Lee’s original photos, often alongside those that were recreated for the film.
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One can only admire Kate Winslet for her determination to make a film about Lee Miller, the pioneering photographer who was one of the first to see the Nazi death camps and who fought for her right to tell the story as she saw it, and as a woman. Winslet campaigned for years and was consistently rejected, but she finally achieved her goal, and the resulting film is quite good, sometimes very good.
Miller is someone who deserves to be remembered, and this is a fitting tribute
Winslet as Lee Miller is excellent, and while the film initially focuses on Miller’s career in the early days of the war, later on, as she becomes more involved, it is a much better film, often impressive and insightful and even powerful.
