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The Shadow Hour

2022 · 79 min

A quiet, heavy chamber piece that presses down on you with bureaucratic cruelty and quiet despair.

Overview: In 1942, Christian writer Jochen Klepper lived with his Jewish wife and daughter in Berlin, Germany. Their applications to emigrate got rejected and they became part of the last and sad defense of the Jewish-Christian community.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Faith, family, isolation, power
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
family
isolation
power
death
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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Genres: drama
Directed by: Benjamin Martins
Written by: Benjamin Martins
Starring: Christoph Kaiser, Beate Krist, Sarah Palarczyk, Dirk Waanders, Klaus Rodewald
Runtime: 79 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German