Germany Year Zero

A young German boy faces the problems of a tough life in immediate post WWII Berlin. 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...

Keywords

  • Escape to Berlin
  • Escape to the 40's
  • Italian Cinema
  • Italian success
  • New releases for rent
  • Locarno Film Festival!
  • Remastered Movies
  • The Golden Leopard
  • war

Actors

  • Alexandra Manys
  • Ernst Pittchau
  • Franz Von Treuberg
  • Erich Gühne
  • Ingetraud Hinze
  • Franz-Otto Krüger
  • Edmund Moeschke

Director

  • Roberto Rossellini

Timeless

1h 18min

tous publics

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FR

Germany
Italy
1947
A young German boy faces the problems of a tough life in immediate post WWII Berlin.

A young German boy faces the problems of a tough life in immediate post WWII Berlin.


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...

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