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| Edmund Moeschke | ... | Edmund Köhler (as Edmund Meschke) | |
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Ernst Pittschau | ... | Il padre |
| Ingetraud Hinze | ... | Eva (as Ingetraud Hinz) | |
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Franz-Otto Krüger | ... | Karl-Heinz (as Franz Grüger) |
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Erich Gühne | ... | Il maestro |
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Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War has to do all kinds of work and tricks to help his family in getting food and barely survive. One day he meets a man who used to be one of his teachers in school and hopes to get support from him, but the ideas of this man do not lead Edmund in a clearer or safer way of living... Written by Hugo <transit@cam.org>
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The country is obliterated, the buildings are dilapidated and the people are desolated.Parents Guide:
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19 September 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Eva: The power? Why?
Edmund: They discovered someone was stealing it.
Eva: Who?
Karl-Heinz: Someone.
Edmund: Rademaker says it was us.
Karl-Heinz: As usual.
Eva: So that's what he was screaming about.
Karl-Heinz: That black marketer. One day I'll smash his head.
Eva: You're such a big talker, but when it comes to helping us, you do nothing.
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On the occasion of the projection of this film in the Brussels Royal Filmmuseum (recently restyled as "Cinematek.be") on September 7th 1997, the program quoted Belgian filmmaker Henri Storck (1907-1999): "It is a well guarded secret, but during the filming in Berlin Marlene Dietrich - desperately in love - was Rossellini's secretary, typist and translator". See more »Quotes
Edmund: Eva, they're cutting the power.Eva: The power? Why?
Edmund: They discovered someone was stealing it.
Eva: Who?
Karl-Heinz: Someone.
Edmund: Rademaker says it was us.
Karl-Heinz: As usual.
Eva: So that's what he was screaming about.
Karl-Heinz: That black marketer. One day I'll smash his head.
Eva: You're such a big talker, but when it comes to helping us, you do nothing.
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An intricate web was weaved with the lives of post World War Two's deprived people amongst the reins of Berlin, Germany and that of mans ultimate struggle for survival. That web is the work of Italian film maker, Roberto Rossellini. His final installation of the war trilogy, beginning with Open City (1945), follow by Paisà (1946), ended with an amazing expression of talent from behind the camera and in front. What is not to be forgotten from the film Germany Year Zero (1947-8) is that time in history when people lived `as if tragedy was natural'. We watch as the social infection of survival of the fittest works its way into the life of a twelve year old, German boy named Edmund Koeler (played by Edmund Moeschke). The challenge of survival begins its grip on young Edmund as a result of dealing with life in post-war consequences. The simply desperate life of Edmund and his family was further brought to life with the cinematography that gives shape to the psychological states of it characters through stylized visuals land marking the film noir derived from German expressionism. Along with several dehumanizing high angle shots, the shadowy look into this family's life makes for a powerful film, as well as a powerful message.