Dresden (TV 2006)

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.

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writers:

Stefan Kolditz, Nikolaus Kraemer (idea by)

Stars:

Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Like other TV movies of the production company teamWorx, Dresden focuses on an extraordinary historic event in connection with a tragic love story of a woman between two men. In January 1945, the young nurse Anna Mauth, working at a hospital in Dresden, becomes engaged to senior physician Benjamin Wenninger. At the same time, an English Lancaster bomber is shot down. The pilot Robert Newman, the only survivor, manages to reach the city severely injured and hides in the hospital's cellar. Anna discovers him incidentally thinking he is a German deserter, but finally decides to help Robert...

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Plot Keywords:

dresden | bombing | kitsch | 1940s | melodrama | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

5 March 2006 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Dresden: The Inferno

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

EOS Entertainment, teamWorx Produktion für Kino und Fernsehen GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

176 min 144 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

In the English language version, during the bombing raid early on in the film, the British airmen in the bomber refer to enemy aircraft being at 'oh-eight-hundred hours' and 'oh-twelve-hundred hours'. This is clearly a mistranslation of the usual RAF way to refer to enemies by positions of the clock, in this case eight o'clock or twelve o'clock.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Shocking, breathtaking, brilliant

It was hard watching the film because it contained so much pain and fear that you could actually "feel" it. The filmmakers did a really good job by showing the "reality" of the war because "Dresden" is damn realistic. Maybe sometimes a bit too much and you often ask yourself if it was definitely necessary to show all these cruel details.

But the film also does not just consist of the usual love story between two people who are actually not allowed to love each other but rather tries to show through that love both sides of the attack - the German and the British side. And that fact makes the film kinda special because it really works.