Trümmermädchen - Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann

A stark, slow-burning postwar drama that feels like a cold, gray room slowly filling with defiant light.

Directed by

Oliver Kracht

Genres

Drama, History

Starring

Laura Balzer, Valery Tscheplanowa, Anna Gesa-Raija Lappe

Overview

Germany, 1946. Hunger, rubble, returning soldiers. Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved returnee does not want her or his child. In order to win him over and escape the impending shame, she enrolls in the "missing course" of actress Gloria Deven, who was an up-and-coming film star under Fascism and is now banned from working. But Gloria, with her merciless lessons, is not interested in reviving the coquetry of girls that became superfluous in the war. Instead, she awakens in Lotte a longing for something too long denied her: Freedom.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, freedom, grief, power

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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