Germany Year Zero

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Anakin P Jan 12, 2019 Devastating picture; it rightfully can be called a horror movie, a real-life horror is depicted graphically in this black and white masterpiece. The nightmarish images of the bombed out Berlin create an unforgettable effect; the problems of the Germans in the immediate aftermath of the war are shown in minute details, with the center being a little boy, an innocent victim of the transpired events. Very forceful cinema, that doesn't shove into your throat its political bias or anything like that; it's way more effective in its cold-blooded portrayal of life itself. The shot of the boy running his hand over his disillusioned face at the end will forever stay in my mind. See more

Draco R Aug 25, 2017 A movie about a boy who is trying to survive in a ruined Germany where everyone is just trying to survive and not caring about the other. Most of the time you are scared what will happen to the boy next and heartbroken how he is forced to take a bigger share on everybody else's wellbeing than a boy of that age can in any way handle. Very good movie, but also sad and unfair. See more

Theodore S Mar 19, 2017 The most well-crafted film of the trilogy, with sweeping camera moves and intricately staged long single takes. The idea of this world is terribly sad, a society facing it's karma, living in shambles, leeching off each other. Edmund is first seen attempting to get a job as a 13 year-old undertaker, desperate to work to feed his family - he's kicked out. What does it say about a society when the most seemingly available job is to bury masses of dead humans? It also deals with the exploitation of children, prostitution; everyone is desperate to feed themselves, and will do so by any means. There are no standards, it's survival. We always think we have to look to the future for a post-apocalyptic world, but this society already faced it. The score is sinister and well composed music, but distracting with sloppy transitions at times. See more

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