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Im Vorhof der Wahrheit

1974

A grim, slow postwar trudge through a boy's abandonment and punishment, asking who is really to blame.

Directed by
Fritz Umgelter
Overview
At nine, Miroslav flees the Eastern Front alone after his mother’s disappearance. In postwar Germany, the Czech boy drifts between zones, lands in reform schools and prisons, and suffers a crippling accident. Rejected by society and facing deportation, he joins Berlin’s underworld, is arrested for murder, and confronts whether society or he is to blame.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Isolation, survival, justice, trauma
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • survival
    • justice
    • trauma
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • prison
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

    Cast

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    Directed by
    Fritz Umgelter
    Starring
    Gerhard Acktun, Matthias Habich, Maria Körber, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Heinz Weiss, Gertraud Jesserer, Anneliese Uhlig
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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