The Aftermath (2019)

Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.

Director:

James Kent

Writers:

Joe Shrapnel (screenplay by), Anna Waterhouse (screenplay by)

Stars:

Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keira Knightley	...	Rachael Morgan
Ned Wills	...	Boy on Train
Pandora Colin	...	Mother on Train
Jason Clarke	...	Lewis Morgan
Anna Katharina Schimrigk	...	Heike (as Anna Schimrigk)
Jack Laskey	...	Wilkins
Fionn O'Shea	...	Barker
Kate Phillips	...	Susan
Martin Compston	...	Burnham
Alexander Skarsgård	...	Stephen Lubert
Mirco Kuball	...	Soldier
Rosa Enskat	...	Greta
Frederick Preston	...	Michael Morgan
Flora Thiemann	...	Freda Lubert (as Flora Li Thiemann)
Monika Foris Kvasnicková	...	German Woman (as Monika Foris)

Storyline

Set in postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.

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Plot Keywords:

hamburg germany | river elbe | post war germany | city in ruins | based on novel | 

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Taglines:

Hamburg, Germany 1946, in the aftermath of WWII.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content/nudity, and violence including some disturbing images

Did You Know?

Trivia

This will be Keira Knightley and Jason Clarke's second collaboration since Everest (2015). In both films, they are married to each other.

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Goofs

A main subplot of the movie is Lewis having to deal with protests, and underground resistance to Allied occupation. While there was naturally some social discontent, public resistance to the Allies in the West was virtually unheard of. Germany had spent the war years under strict iron rule from the Nazis; the idea of a holding a protest to the people of Hamburg would seem absurd and suicidal.

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Quotes

Rachael Morgan: You didn't tell me what I was walking into.

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Crazy Credits

On HBO,after all the factory credits is a Spanish-voiceover credits screen showing the name of the movie as 'Viviendo con el Enemigo,' or 'Living with the Enemy.'

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Alternate Versions

For the film's Australian release, the distributor chose to make reductions to stronger sexual detail in two scenes in order to obtain an M classification. The uncut version of the film was later released with an MA15+ classification for a DVD/Video release.

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Connections

Referenced in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 British Movies to Beat Hollywood in 2019 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Silent Night
Traditional

User Reviews

Too predictable

Photography and music are fantastic Lame story, designed for an easy tear. Wouldn't recommend it unless you have nothing else to do. Don't pay for it, wait for Netflix or Prime

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Germany UK USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

15 March 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Aftermath

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$56,419, 17 March 2019

Gross USA:

$1,618,497

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,215,591

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amusement Park Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Scott Free Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1