Theatrical opening Feb. 2013
Directed by Cate Shortland. Written by Robin Mukhererjee.
With Saskia Rosendahl, Ursina Lardi, Nele Trebs, Kai Malina, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Siedel.
I think the thing that stands out for me is the subtlety of the film. Like most films about WWII and the Holocaust, it has an anti - hate message as all are and all should righteously continue to be. But in this film, the audience is not hit over the head with the idea that this event was a bad thing. The story of the horror of WWII has been told from many viewpoints - the Jewish, the sympathetic German national, Nazi's who resisted etc. This one is told for a slightly different point of view than normal.
it is the story of a group of children who are forced out of their home because of the Nazi/SS past of their parents, who have disappeared, presumably captured or killed by the Ally troops. They must find their way to their grandmothers house on the other side of the nation with an infant in tow and no adult. Many lessons are learned, including the lessons of why their previous way of life (Nazism, etc) was wrong.
lessons are learned when in their travels they meet a Jewish traveler/refugee. The lead child, Rosendahl, has been trained/taught to hate Jews, yet he helps her and the kids out. Their relationship evolves and changes. Also they learn a lot about the real life just by wandering through the country side and seeing hoew the German people are and how tough life is. After all, being the children of Nazi officers, they were protected from the cruelties of life and war.
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