The Exception (2016)

Description

The Exception is a 2016 romantic war drama film directed by David Leveaux (in his directorial debut) and written by Simon Burke, based on the 2003 novel The Kaiser's Last Kiss by Alan Judd. The film stars Jai Courtney, Lily James, Janet McTeer and Christopher Plummer. The plot is a fictionalized account of the last few days in the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II (Plummer), where a German soldier, played by Courtney, tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the Kaiser's home in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman (James) during his investigation.