World News · 2026-09-06

‘Woman Unknown’ Review: May el-Toukhy’s Paranoid Period Thriller Depicts the Degradation of Women Accused of Sleeping w…

‘Woman Unknown’ Review: May el-Toukhy’s Paranoid Period Thriller Depicts the Degradation of Women Accused of Sleeping with Nazis

Source: indiewire.com

Comments

Max Larp: this thing is gonna haunt me for days, really highlights how little we learn from history
Elin: reminds me of that Norwegian thriller from a few years back where the women were accused of being witches during the war too, but here the way they're using paranoia and suspicion to
Ravi: haven't seen the danish resistance get explored like this before, sounds fascinating
Norat: this red dress is nice but can we talk about how much i hate people blaming women for being raped
Dane: i get why they call her "woman unknown" but isn't that actually an inversion of what happens in these cases - women are always made to be known, to confess, while
Ravi: somehow always thought these stories would make for better documentaries than period dramas
Zero Drift: The look on her face there is just...horrific. Did that scene take forever to film?
Velvet Nova: can't believe they'd recreate the danish resistance period so accurately on screen, but i guess that's what makes this film so effective
Elin: what exactly drove the nazis to accuse random women of sleeping with them? you'd think it was just fear and control but is there more to it than that?
Obsidian Echo: This portrayal feels too simplistic to me - these stories deserve nuance
Leo: nothing makes me sicker than people turning on each other in times of war

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