Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

The truth was their resistance.

Directed by Vincent Perez

Produced by X Filme Creative Pool, Master Movies

2016103 min6.7 / 10

A somber, intimate portrait of ordinary people risking everything through quiet resistance in Nazi Germany, driven by grief and moral awakening.

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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  • Is Alone in Berlin sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Alone in Berlin end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Alone in Berlin easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Alone in Berlin violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Alone in Berlin scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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