Sundance Selects Plays with Barbie in Kevin Macdonald’s ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’

When Patty Jenkins’ Monster came out, I’ll admit to having been one of the least judgmental folks towards the course that Aileen Wuornos took. When discussing the bad apples in society, I’ve always tried to be cautious about calling out people for what they are: folks that make bad judgement calls and those who are pure evil. And then you have Kevin Macdonald’s My Enemy’s Enemy which showcases one very rotten apple at the core.

I caught a screening of the doc, a couple of years back at the Toronto Film Festival, and if I remember correctly, this became a Weinstein co. title that never got released – it’s finally receiving a release on VOD via Sundance Selects on March 10th. A must see for WWII history buffs and Macdonald fans.

Klaus Barbie is the Nazi war criminal known as “the Butcher Of Lyon.” Barbie was also the subject of Marcel Ophuls’ Oscar winning 1988 documentary Hotel Terminus, but Macdonald’s film has a very different focus. The film will chronicle how Barbie worked with the CIA after the war and how the Nazi felon was protected by the US. The documentary will also examine claims that Barbie and the CIA were involved in the 1980 Bologna railway bombing, in which 85 people died.