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Alone in Berlin
The movie tells the story of an old German couple who lose their son in WWII. The couple then start writing postcards to urge people to protest against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime.
9 February 1946, Nehringen, Germany
1982, Hamburg, Germany
18 August 1966, Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany
1956, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
27 June 1994
24 March 1962
3 June 1997
1974, Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1961, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
14 November 1972, Wolgast, German Democratic Republic
1972
1975, Bautzen, German Democratic Republic
17 December 1960, Geilenkirchen, Germany
4 April 1927, Paris, France
August1998, Berlin, Germany
27 October 1966, Kiel, Germany
March 02, 2017
There's an underlying tension throughout, but what's missing is the heightened emotional ebb and flow that would have delivered a truly haunting story.February 25, 2017
There are just no peaks and troughs, which is remarkable given the tremendously heavy content of the film.January 12, 2017
"Alone in Berlin" proceeds like a train crossing a plain. Without twists or turns, hills or valleys, its dramatic engine chugs reliably forward, delivering its cargo of World War II tragedy with bland efficiency.March 03, 2017
This is the third feature directed by Swiss actor Perez, and though it's visually handsome it tends rather towards the bland, making what should have been a powerfully emotional story about courage and self-sacrifice rather too tasteful and muted.February 23, 2017
It's that juxtaposition -- of the hellish against the ordinary -- which gives the film its punch.February 03, 2017
Dignified to the point of absurdity, this fact-based dud never gets off the ground, thanks to director Vincent Perez's failure to create - let alone maintain - any level of suspense.March 01, 2017
Unfortunately, the relatively sedate nature of the couple's clandestine operations is not all that cinematic, and stoic, straight-bat scripting and direction can make the film seem more dreary than it really should be.January 12, 2017
Perez's Berlin is too art-house-handsome, too committed to the look and feel of conventionally well-appointed historical drama.January 19, 2017
A well-acted but creaky and curiously bloodless portrait of life during wartime from the Swiss-born actor turned director Vincent Pérez.February 10, 2017
When Alone in Berlin reaches the end of its journey, it's the performances of Gleeson and Thompson that ensure we'll never forget the bravery of Otto and Anna.January 18, 2017
The splendid actors ... make up for the weaknesses with performances that radiate strength and integrity.