Germany, Year Zero
A soldier can lose everything but his courage.
- 1948
- Rated NR
- 1h 14m
- Drama
Rating: 7.6 out of 10TMDB(439 votes)
Overview
In 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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Leopard (1948) and the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Box office
Made on a $115K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Berlin and Germany
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Renzo Rossellini
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Juillard
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Roberto RosselliniScreenplay, Story
- Max KolpéScreenplay
- Carlo LizzaniScreenplay
- Sergio AmideiScreenplay
- Original title
- Germania anno zero
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 11, 1948
- Original language
- Italian
- Budget
- $115K
- Countries
- France, Germany, Italy
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Cast
Edmund MoeschkeEdmund
Ernst PittschauFather- Ingetraud HinzeEva
Franz-Otto KrügerKarl-Heinz
Erich GühneTeacher- Heidi BlänknerFrau Rademaker (uncredited)
Jo HerbstJo (uncredited)- Barbara HintzThilde (uncredited)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Karl KrügerDoctor (uncredited)- Alexandra ManysEva's Friend (uncredited)
- Christl MerkerChristl (uncredited)
- Gaby RaakGeneral's Woman (uncredited)
- Inge RocklitzRefugee (uncredited)
- Hans SangenHerr Rademaker (uncredited)
- Babsi Schultz-ReckewellRademacher's Daughter (uncredited)
Franz von TreubergGeneral Von Laubniz (uncredited)
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