and has inspired countless others, first and foremost Les Quatre Cent Coups, by Truffaut. Ratcatcher also shows a lot of parallels.
In my opinion, these 80 minutes of film are as valuable as anything mankind has achieved in the arts.
Is it better than Les Quatre Cent Coups?, cus I just watched that movie and it was very boring for me
shareYes, it is a very good film. Nice that you mention a couple of other films where children are taken seriously, in a way that we rarely see on film: Les Quatre Cent Coups and Ratcatcher (she's a good director, Lynne Ramsay!)
I was awfully shaken by Germania anno zero... don't know what to say... it was something with how it was an everyday-life that was depicted here. An everyday-life where one thought is about collecting coal-pieces and trading for food and the next is contemplating suicide. Without sentimentality we were lead from one thought and event to the next as if these were the most natural thing in life. ...it was very sad to see.
- Is it possible to call for help ironically — and really mean it?
It is a great film.
It's only 70 or so minutes long, but its greatness is all over from the beggining to the end. So powerful.
Yep,have to agree,a shocking and cruel ending.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=QpekvYoOcW8
I completely concur, this film is a remarkable and compelling work of art, made all the more so by the presence and performance of the young Edmund Moeschke in the central role
I have posted inquiries here at imdb about Moeschke's later life and fortunes, but as yet, have received no replies
like many others who have seen, and been greatly moved by, the film, I sincerely hope Moeschke found good fortune, peace, and health in his life, and I thank him for the wonderful work he did in this film
For me this film was always one of (if not THE) best film of neo-realism. Even better than "Bicycle Thieves" or "Rome - Open City"!
"A voice from behind me reminds me. Spread out your wings you are an angel."
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"Even better than "Bicycle Thieves"
You must be joking!
I just wish things had turned about better for Edmund. Everyone just let him down.
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne
I was struck by a parallel between what the common German people bore after the war, with what the German Jews faced prior to it--deprivation and desperation. Bitter irony.
shareI saw it for the first time, last year. They were having a Roberto Rossellini marathon on TCM. I rate it 10/10.
Volker Flenske: (While torturing David) I don't know why you're doing this to yourself!
I watched this movie and found it quite shocking. I worked in a NY bakery back in the 70's and there were a lot of German-born bakers there who often talked about growing up playing in the rubble with nothing to eat. I never really understood any of that. This movie helped me visualize what they went through.
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