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Bronstein's Children

1991 · 90 min

A somber, talk-heavy moral drama that traps you in a house with people arguing over a buried past.

Directed by
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Starring
Matthias Paul, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Angela Winkler
Overview
East Berlin, 1973. Eighteen-year-old Hans Bronstein and his girlfriend arrive at his parents’ summer house to find a former Nazi camp Kapo chained there—employed when Hans’s father Arno and his friends were prisoners. Hans demands legal justice; Arno insists on his own retribution. Sister Elle, traumatized into institutionalization, cannot mediate. When Arno forces a confession, Hans frees the prisoner, confronting their irreconcilable pasts.

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Directed by
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Starring
Matthias Paul, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Angela Winkler
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • justice
    • guilt
    • family
    • memory
    • revenge
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Directed by
    Jerzy Kawalerowicz
    Starring
    Matthias Paul, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Angela Winkler, Katharina Abt, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Eickelbaum, Buddy Elias, Peter Matic
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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