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A Woman In Berlin

2008, Movie, 131 mins

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The devastation surrounding World War II Europe continues to provide limitless fodder for feature melodramas, and directors have crisscrossed this period of history dozens of times, often to maximum emotional impact. So it feels a bit astonishing when a motion picture unearths an aspect of the Second World War rarely covered by mainstream film. Recalling Marcel Ophuls' The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), Max Farberbock's fascinating period drama A Woman in Berlin does exactly tha... read more leave a comment
Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin. Women are victims of rape and devastation; one of them is Anonyma (NINA HOSS), who had been a journalist and photographer. In her desperation, she decides to look for an officer who can protect her. She meets a Russian officer Andrej (EVGENY SIDIKHIN) - an encounter which develops into a complex symbiotic relationship that forces them to remain enemies until the bitter end. An official selection of the Toronto Film Festival.
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Posted: 7/2/2009
Year: 2008
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Cast
Nina Hoss: Anonyma
Yevgeny Sidikhin: Andrej
Irm Hermann: Widow
Jordis Triebel: Baerbel Maltaus
Sandra Huller: Steffi
Isabell Gerschke: Lisbeth

 

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