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Alone in Berlin is a British film of genre Drama directed by Vincent Pérez released in USA on 13 january 2017 with Emma Thompson
Alone in Berlin (2016)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 january 2017
Length 1h43
Directed by Vincent Pérez
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Political films
Rating65%
Alone in Berlin is an upcoming war drama film directed by Vincent Pérez and written by Pérez and Achim von Borries, based on the 1947 fictionalized novel Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada. The novel's characters Otto and Anna Quangel are based on the real lives of Otto and Elise Hampel. When their son dies in France, the couple start writing postcards to urge people to protest against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. The film stars Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, and Daniel Brühl. Principal photography began on 27 March 2015 in Berlin.
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In 1940, a working-class couple in World War II-era Berlin, Otto and Anna Quangel, decide to resist Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, after receiving the news of the death of their only son. They start writing postcards to urge people to stand against Hitler and the Nazis and protest against them. Escherich is the Gestapo inspector charged with finding the source of the postcards.Actors
Emma Thompson
(Anna Quangel)
Brendan Gleeson
(Otto Quangel)
Daniel Brühl
(Escherich)
Mikael Persbrandt
(Prall)
Louis Hofmann
(Hans Quangel)
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