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The Noltenius Brothers (1945)

The Noltenius Brothers poster
Original title
Die Brüder Noltenius
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two brothers face personal conflicts and difficult choices in wartime Germany. Their strained relationship and individual struggles drive the story.

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What happens

The Noltenius Brothers (German: Die Brüder Noltenius) is a 1945 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner and Eugen Klöpfer. Released in Berlin on 7 April, it was, by most accounts, the last of the twelve films released in Nazi Germany in 1945, before capitulation on 7 May (Via Mala received its first public showing on the same day in Mayrhofen, but did not make it to the cinemas before January 1948). It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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