Germany, Year Zero
(1948)
Directed by Roberto
Rossellini this film stars Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau,
Ingetraud Hinze and Franz-Otto Kruger. A 13 year old boy and his
family struggle to survive in the bombed out remains of Berlin.
This is a really bleak
film that captures both the struggle to survive but also hangover of
Nazi indoctrination on the public. A lot of the content would never
have got past the production code of the period in the US for example
so this offers a some what unique perspective from the period. Like
Rossellini's earlier Rome, Open City (1945) the neorealist approach
shines through here even if there was some shooting on stages for
interiors.
5/5
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