berlin, germany,based on novel or book,world war ii,1940s

Alone in Berlin (2016)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Vincent Perez
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    Anna Quangel Emma Thompson
  • Profile picture of Brendan Gleeson
    Otto Quangel Brendan Gleeson
  • Profile picture of Daniel Brühl
    Escherich Daniel Brühl
  • Profile picture of Mikael Persbrandt
    Prall Mikael Persbrandt
  • Profile picture of Katharina Schüttler
    Claire Gehrich Katharina Schüttler
  • Profile picture of Louis Hofmann
    Hans Quangel Louis Hofmann
  • Profile picture of Rafael Gareisen
    Herbert Wegner Rafael Gareisen
  • Profile picture of Hildegard Schroedter
    Ida Kuhn Hildegard Schroedter

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Keywords

  • berlin, germany
  • based on novel or book
  • world war ii
  • 1940s