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Summary
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 55Audiences 62GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer58%
Metascore52
IMDb6.5
User score6.5
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings3.1/5
Audience score53%
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for war movies, −15 min on the typical 118
typical 118103Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 15 more
Released
2016
February 15, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
WarThrillerDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
France
Germany- United Kingdom
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 37 more43 people
- Emma ThompsonAnna Quangel
- Brendan GleesonOtto Quangel
- Daniel BrühlEscherich
- Mikael PersbrandtPrall
- Katharina SchüttlerClaire Gehrich
- Louis HofmannHans Quangel
- Rafael GareisenHerbert Wegner
- Hildegard SchroedterIda Kuhn
Ernst StötznerDptm. Head Walter
Godehard GieseColonel Krüger
Jacob MatschenzDietrich Necker
Rainer ReinersSalesman Franz Kanz
Lars RudolphEnno Kluge
Uwe PreussPersicke
Katharina AbtFlower Shop lady I. Schneider
Jürgen TarrachRichard Schopf
Joshio MarlonKuno Barkhausen
Chris TheisingerSS / SD Sturmführer
Holger HandtkeDollfuss
Joshua GrotheAugust Persicke
Marko DyrlichAnselm Koch- MSMichael ScheelJudge Frank Schwartz
Hans Martin StierArnold Vogt
Monique ChaumetteFrau Rosenthal
Directing · 3
- Vincent Perez Director, Co-Writer
- Nancy Rivas Script Supervisor
- Arndt Wiegering First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Achim von Borries Screenplay
- Hans Fallada Novel
Production · 15
- Peter Hampden Executive Producer
- Norman Merry Executive Producer
- Alison Thompson Executive Producer
- Michael Scheel Executive Producer
- James Schamus Producer
- Paul Trijbits Producer
Camera · 10
- Christophe Beaucarne Director of Photography
- Felix Schwarz Second Assistant Camera
- Luc Pallet First Assistant Camera
- Christine Schroeder Still Photographer
- Matthieu Rousseaux Grip
- Karl Keil Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 5
- François Gédigier Editor
- Abigail McKenzie Digital Intermediate Producer
- Nicolas Criqui First Assistant Editor
- William Chetwynd Online Editor
- Tom Russell Colorist
Sound · 12
- Alexandre Desplat Original Music Composer
- Robert Ireland Sound Designer
- Lee Herrick Supervising Sound Editor
- Jack Stew Foley
- Peter Gleaves ADR & Dubbing
- Peter Burgis Foley
Art · 32
- Jean-Vincent Puzos Production Design
- Nora Stenutz Set Decoration Buyer
- Roman Berger Standby Carpenter
- Konstantin Ness Assistant Property Master
- Peter Naguib Property Master
- Klaus Eckmann Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Nicole Fischnaller Costume Design
- Henny Zimmer Key Makeup Artist
- Nadine Waeldchen Assistant Costume Designer
- Tamar Aviv Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Jörn Seifert Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Nicole Ebben Costumer
Visual Effects · 7
- Belinda Cumming Visual Effects Coordinator
- Ben Shepherd 3D Supervisor
- Howard Margolius Visual Effects Technical Director
- George Stone Visual Effects Coordinator
- Paul Driver Visual Effects Producer
- Claudius Rauch Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 5
- Benjamin Taye Electrician
- Urs Zimmermann Electrician
- Björn Susen Gaffer
- Martin Handrow Electrician
- Lars Voigtländer Electrician
Other crew · 6
- Andre Wierschula Picture Car Coordinator
- Joan Washington Dialogue Coach
- Jill McCullough Dialogue Coach
- Johannes Schwerdt Production Controller
- Hervé Berthou Carpenter
- Raquel Munuera Makeup Effects
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