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    Unconscious Prejudice Meets Real-World Horror In 'The Exception'

    David Leveaux's new film follows exiled German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II as he realizes that the new Germany of National Socialism has nothing at all in common with the Germany of his memories.
    by Melissa Block Jun 24, 2017 2 minutes
    Christopher Plummer as the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II in <em>The Exception</em> — a man with the outward trappings of power, who hasn't made a real decision in decades.

    Berlin, 1940. A young Nazi officer is given a new mission: The Reich is sending him to Holland, to guard the exiled former German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II. That's the premise of a new feature film, The Exception — it's a spy story, with steamy sex, intrigue and history rolled in.

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