Alone in Berlin(2017)

Name: Alone in Berlin
Director: Vincent Perez
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: Jan 13, 2017
Cast: Louis Hofmann, Emil von Schönfels, Katrin Pollitt

IFC Films

R
Rated R for brief violence
1h 43m

Release Date: Jan 13, 2017

After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

Official Website

Release Details

Original Release | Jan 13, 2017 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$8,869
Total US & Canada:
$33,125
Total International
$1,172,473
Total Worldwide:
$1,205,598

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Vincent Perez
Director

Louis Hofmann
Hans Quangel

Emil von Schönfels
Newspaper Boy Konrad Möller

Katrin Pollitt
Eva Kluge

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Germany, France, United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

In 1940, German soldier Hans Quangel (Louis Hofmann) is killed in action during the French campaign. His parents, Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Dame Emma Thompson), are devastated by the loss and their bereavement is unmollified by the joyful hysteria at Germany's victory. Deciding that Führer Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime are responsible for this tragedy and much more, Otto cannot stand by any longer. As such, Otto begins to create handwritten cards denouncing the regime's abuses and lies, which he secretly deposits throughout Berlin while a disillusioned Anna insists on helping him. As the subversive cards pile up over the years, Police Detective Escherich (Daniel Brühl) is tasked to track down the leafleteer while being pressured by his increasingly impatient S.S. superior for an arrest for this "treason", regardless of actual guilt. As the stakes rise even as Nazi Germany's day of reckoning approaches, Otto and Anna are determined to spread the truth regardless of the odds, even as their opposition awaits the fatal mistake that could doom them. — Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)