The Exception is a movie directed by David Leveaux in 2016 and based on the book The Kaiser’s Last Kiss by Alan Judd, first published in 2003. The movie features Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Karin Leclercq, Anton Lesser, Aubeline Barbieux, and others.
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Storyline
During World War II, Wehrmacht Captain Stefan Brandt is assigned to take command as the personal bodyguard of deposed German Emperor Wilhelm II at his Huis Doorn estate near Utrecht, Netherlands. Despite the Kaiser’s adjutant, Colonel Sigurd von Ilsemann, giving Brandt strict orders not to interfere with the female servants, Brandt is immediately drawn into a passionate affair with Mieke de Jong, one of the maids.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Exception
Director: David Leveaux
Country: UK
Year: 2016
Length: 1h47m
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Year
2003
Pages
224
Book Rate
6.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The Kaiser's Last Kiss
Author: Alan Judd
Country: UK
First published in: 2003
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I've heard so many stories about directors not even reading the books that the movies are based on.”
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