Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave.
Keywords
- European Film Awards
- Les César du cinéma
- Cinema noir & blanc
- Panorama: François Ozon
- Pierre Niney
- San Sebastian Film Festival
- war
Actors
- Pierre Niney
- Paula Beer
- Ernst Stötzner
- Marie Gruber
- Johann von Bülow
Director
- François Ozon
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave.
Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
François Ozon
Cast
Pierre Niney
Cast
Paula Beer
Cast
Ernst Stötzner
Cast
Marie Gruber
Cast
Johann von Bülow