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Movie poster: The Fox (2023)
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2023 · 118 min History Drama War
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

Franz Streitberger, a young motorcycle courier for the Austrian army, discovers a wounded fox cub in the woods. Defying all military protocol and common sense, he takes the animal with him into occupied France. Amid the chaos and brutality of World War II, a fragile, unlikely bond forms between the soldier and the wild creature. This connection becomes Franz's sole reminder of humanity in a world consumed by madness. The film is based on the true story of director Adrian Goiginger's great-grandfather.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Der Fuchs
Year 2023
Country Austria, Germany
Genre History, Drama, War
Director Adrian Goiginger
Runtime 118 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (53 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

‘The Fox’ is less a conventional war drama and more an intimate story about preserving one's soul. Adrian Goiginger frames the war not as a theatre of grand battles, but as a backdrop for a quiet act of defiance—a gesture of mercy that becomes its own form of resistance.

What lingers after the credits is not the memory of heroics, but a feeling of quiet, stubborn hope. It’s a film that finds its power in whispers, not shouts. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Adrian Goiginger

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Muted tones of fields and barracks, a pocket of fragile silence within the uniform.

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