A young boy navigates the ruins of post-war Berlin, confronting survival, influence and the lasting scars of fascism.
In the ruins of post-war Berlin, twelve-year-old Edmund struggles to survive amid poverty, moral collapse and lingering fascist influence. As he drifts between black-market schemes and the manipulations of a former Nazi teacher, his innocence erodes. Rossellini delivers a stark, heartbreaking portrait of a child-and a nation-left to reckon with devastating consequences.
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RIALTO RECOMMENDS: A devastating neorealist masterpiece-Germany Year Zero is raw, uncompromising and profoundly moving in its portrait of innocence lost.
Cast
Edmund Moeschke (Edmund Köhler), Ernst Pittschau (Herr Koehler - Il padre), Ingetraud Hinze (Eva), Franz-Otto Krüger (Karl-Heinz), Erich Gühne (Il maestro)
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Writer
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Languages
German, English, French
Subtitles
English
Countries
Italy, France, Germany
Studio
Co-production Office