Not Reconciled (1965)

Original title

Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht

Directed by

Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

53 min

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film covers three generations of a German family from the 1910s to the 1950s. It shows how the legacy of World War I shapes their lives into the Nazi era and the postwar years. The story is told through jumpy non-linear scenes that require close attention.

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What happens

Not Reconciled (German: Nicht versöhnt) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Jean-Marie Straub. It has the subtitle Only Violence Helps Where Violence Reigns (German: Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht). The film is an adaptation of the 1959 novel Billiards at Half-past Nine by Heinrich Böll. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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