Alone in Berlin
Directed by:
Vincent PerezComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl, Mikael Persbrandt, Katharina Schüttler, Uwe Preuss, Louis Hofmann, Godehard Giese, Daniel Sträßer (more)VOD (3)
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Vincent Perez directs this historical drama adapted from Hans Fallada's novel. The film follows the story of working-class couple Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Emma Thompson) as they wage an anonymous propaganda war against the Nazis in 1940s Berlin. After receiving news that their only son has been killed in battle the parents are left devastated and angry, blaming the Nazi regime for his untimely death. Looking to get some form of revenge, Otto begins inscribing blank postcards with anti-Nazi rhetoric and leaving them in public places across the city. It's not long before word spreads of the secret resistance movement and police inspector Escherich (Daniel Brühl) is appointed to lead a city-wide manhunt for the mysterious scribe. (Altitude Film Distribution)
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Films about World War II always manage to captivate me in some way, so even this slow-paced movie, which could have been a bit more intense, slightly rises above average for me and compelled me to watch it, at times even with bated breath. Although focused on the spouses, the most interesting character is Daniel Brühl's.
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So far the latest adaptation of the famous novel by Hans Fallada "Alone in Berlin" (1947). Given that the German adaptations from the 60s and 70s have aged somewhat, and the Czech television miniseries (although excellent) never had an international outreach from the essence of the genre, it is very important that the topic has returned in this form. Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, and Daniel Brühl offer excellent internal acting, the set design did not fail in any way, and the question of resistance was raised again.
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