War is full of big things and little things. This seems obvious, but the cinema of war is often seen as solely being about war-fighting when its range is much richer.
A Hidden Life is a war film about something little. Acclaimed auteur-director Terrence Malick has fashioned a piece of cinematic art about the story of Franz Jägerstätter (beautifully portrayed by August Diehl).
August Diehl in A Hidden Life.
Jägerstätter was a farmer in th…