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7.6In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
Cast
- Edmund Moeschke as Edmund
- Ernst Pittschau as Father
- Ingetraud Hinze as Eva
- Franz-Otto Krüger as Karl-Heinz
- Erich Gühne as Teacher
- Heidi Blänkner as Frau Rademaker (uncredited)
Themes
- berlin, germany
- nazi
- world war ii
- post war
- kids
- neo realism
- italian neo realism
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
14,870 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
- Year
- 1948
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Germania anno zero
- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Written by
- Roberto Rossellini (screenplay and dialogue) , Max Colpet (dialogue) , Carlo Lizzani (dialogue)
- Produced by
- Salvo D'Angelo , Roberto Rossellini
- Starring
- Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau , Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger , Erich Gühne
- Cinematography
- Robert Juillard
- Edited by
- Eraldo Da Roma
- Music by
- Renzo Rossellini
- Production companies
- Produzione Salvo D'Angelo and Tevere Film
- Distributed by
- G.D.B. Film
- Release date
- 1 December 1948 ( 1948-12-01 )
- Running time
- 78 minutes
- Countries
- Italy France Germany
- Languages
- German , English , French
- Budget
- $115,000
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 78
- FilmAffinity ID
- 446592
- Image
- Recueil. "Allemagne, année zéro" film de Roberto Rossellini - btv1b10525952r (31 of 52).jpg
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1952-08-20
- title
- Germania anno zero
- review score
- 96%
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Germany, Year Zero (Italian: Germania anno zero) is a 1948 film directed by Roberto Rossellini. It follows the life of a twelve-year-old boy in post World War II Germany. It won the Golden Leopard and the Best Director awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1948.
As in many neorealist films, Rossellini used mainly local, non-professional actors. He filmed on locations in Berlin and intended to convey the reality in Germany the year after its near total destruction in World War II. It contains dramatic images of bombed out Berlin and of the human struggle for survival following the destruction of Nazi Germany. When explaining his ideas about realism in an interview, he said, "realism is nothing other than the artistic form of truth."