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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.
1994, Vienna, Austria
22 October 1964, Neubrandenburg, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany]
1972
1955, Bad Laasphe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1984, Berlin, Germany
20 October 1979, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
1961, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
4 April 1927, Paris, France
1987, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany
18 August 1966, Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany
24 March 1962
25 September 1963, Jakobsberg, Stockholms län, Sweden
1960, Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1975, Bautzen, German Democratic Republic
6 June 1967, Munich, Germany
14 November 1972, Wolgast, German Democratic Republic
August1998, Berlin, Germany
23 May 1958, Herrliberg, Zürich, Switzerland
1968, Berlin, Germany
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.
February 23, 2017
It's that juxtaposition -- of the hellish against the ordinary -- which gives the film its punch.
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 25, 2017
There are just no peaks and troughs, which is remarkable given the tremendously heavy content of the film.
January 18, 2017
The splendid actors ... make up for the weaknesses with performances that radiate strength and integrity.
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 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 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.
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 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.
