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Germany, Year Zero (1947)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:7
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9.4/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A desperate thirteen-year-old boy scrambles for survival in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of 1945 Berlin, trying to support his sick father by thieving and scavenging in the streets. When... A desperate thirteen-year-old boy scrambles for survival in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of 1945 Berlin, trying to support his sick father by thieving and scavenging in the streets. When he encounters a kindly former schoolteacher, the old man reveals himself to be a devious Nazi sympathizer capable of exacting a terrible influence on his erstwhile charge. [More]
Starring: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschav, Franz Kruger
Starring: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschav, Franz Kruger
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Director: Roberto Rossellini
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Oct 8, 2002
Reviews for Germany, Year Zero
A horror movie in the manner of a neo-realist film, where fantasy mixes with reality.
There's rarely a shot that doesn't portray the utter hopelesness of Edmund's situation, and it makes his eventual fate feel almost inevitable, if no less wrenching as a result.
Quickly makes you forget its soapbox agenda and delves into a deeply felt story so powerful it hurts.
Even as Germany Year Zero promotes a definite agenda, it remains admirable, because it incorporates politics without sacrificing its technical and storytelling virtues.
Fantástico drama sobre a situação do pós-guerra, cria um personagem verossímil e sua tragédia ilustra com dor o que era viver na Alemanha naquela época.
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