Germany, Pale Mother (1980)

Original title

Deutschland bleiche Mutter

Directed by

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Genre

drama film, war film, art film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries a man just before World War II. The film follows her life and family through the war and its aftermath in Germany.

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What happens

Germany, Pale Mother (German: Deutschland bleiche Mutter) is a 1980 West German drama film written and directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It premiered at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it was nominated for a Golden Bear award. The title is taken from the poem of the same name by Bertolt Brecht. It was not released in the United States until 1984. The film was restored and re-released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom in 2015 by the British Film Institute. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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