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Alone in Berlin

2016 · 103 min

A quiet, heavy watch of grief turning into defiance, suffused with dread and a slow, aching tenderness.

Directed by
Vincent Perez
Genres
War, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl
Tagline
The truth was their resistance.
Overview
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

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Directed by
Vincent Perez
Genres
War, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • rebellion
  • morality
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, thriller, drama
Directed by
Vincent Perez
Written by
Achim von Borries
Starring
Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl, Mikael Persbrandt, Katharina Schüttler, Louis Hofmann, Rafael Gareisen, Hildegard Schroedter
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Christophe Beaucarne
Runtime
103 min
Country
France, Germany, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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