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Reichshauptstadt privat

1987

A wistful, diary-driven romance that moves between memory and later life, asking you to sit with regret and enduring love.

Directed by
Horst Königstein
Genres
War, Tv movie, Romance
Starring
Hans-Michael Rehberg, Jürgen Vogel, Heinz Baumann
Overview
Anna and Kurt spent their youth in Berlin, then the capital of the Greater German Reich. In the summer of 1938, they met on board the "Strength through Joy" cruise ship "Ozeana" during a trip to Norway. Kurt and Hanna fell in love and almost got married later, but the war broke them up. While Anna stayed in Berlin, Kurt was taken prisoner. Twenty years after the end of the war, the two met by chance in Düsseldorf and since then Kurt, who now lived in Canada, had come to Berlin from time to time. It was here that he proposed to Anna for the second time. As a preliminary answer, however, Anna had given him her diary from those days...

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Directed by
Horst Königstein
Genres
War, Tv movie, Romance
Starring
Hans-Michael Rehberg, Jürgen Vogel, Heinz Baumann
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • war
  • memory
  • grief
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
war, tv movie, romance, drama
Directed by
Horst Königstein
Starring
Hans-Michael Rehberg, Jürgen Vogel, Heinz Baumann, Rolf Becker, Ruth Niehaus, Sigurd Rachman, Peter Flechtner
Languages
German

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