Dresden (2006) (TV)

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writer:

Stefan Kolditz (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

A romance between a British pilot hiding in Germany and a German nurse is shown on the background of massive allied bombing of Dresden towards the end of World War 2.

Plot Keywords:

Bombing | Dresden Germany | Melodrama | Kitsch | Fire

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Felicitas Woll	...	Anna Mauth
John Light	...	Robert Newman
Benjamin Sadler	...	Alexander Wenninger
Heiner Lauterbach	...	Carl Mauth
Katharina Meinecke	...	Magda Mauth
Marie Bäumer	...	Maria Goldberg
Kai Wiesinger	...	Simon Goldberg
Wolfgang Stumph	...	Pfarrer
Jürgen Heinrich	...	Gauleiter Martin Mutschmann
Susanne Bormann	...	Eva Mauth
Paul Ready	...	William
John Keogh	...	Flight Lt. Leslie, Master Bomber
Christian Rodska	...	Arthur Harris
Anja Taschenberg	...	Grashena
Pip Torrens	...	Saundby

Also Known As:

Dresden (International: English title) (USA) (DVD title)
Dresden - das Inferno (Germany)
Dresden: The Inferno (International: English title)

Runtime:

176 min | Finland:144 min (DVD)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

EOS Entertainment

Trivia:

The character of Simon Goldberg was based on diarist and professor Victor Klemperer.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In using stock footage to depict the wartime bombing of Europe, some of the footage, seen just before the scene where two British officers are arguing over the value of bombing German cities, shows a US B-29 Superfortress. Such bombers were never used in the European theatre of World War II - they were only used against Japan.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "3satfestival: Rainald Grebe & Die Kapelle der Versöhnung - 1968 (#9.6)" (2008)

Not for students of WW2

I was hoping this would be of the calibre of Das Boot and echo the stark realism created by acclaimed German Director Leni RiefenStahl in her documentaries, sadly I was monumentally disappointed. The story line is implausible and defies credulity. An RAF airman is shot down and somehow finds his way to a hospital in Dresden. Anna a nurse whose father runs the hospital and is about to become engaged to a doctor she works with falls in love with the airman and they make love. The next evening at a lavish engagement party the airman turns up disguised as a German officer and dances with Anna. Although well directed and acted, to me it is soap opera of the lowest order.