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After an injured German Nazi officer (Jai Courtney) is assigned in May 1940 to protect German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer) and his wife Princess Hermine (Janet McTeer) while they are in exile in Holland during WWII and to investigate whether there is a British spy planted in household in this engaging, well-acted, factually inspired, star-studded (Anton Lesser, Ben Daniels, Aubeline Barbieux, and Kris Cuppens), 107-minute, romantic thriller highlighted by gorgeous photography and based on Alan Judd's novel The Kaiser's Last Kiss, he falls in love with a widowed, Dutch Jewish maid (Lily James) who is determined to assassinate the head of the SS Heinrich Himmler (Eddie Marsan) when he comes to dinner with his entourage.
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