A Woman in Berlin (2008)

Original title

Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin

Directed by

Max Färberböck

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, Poland

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a woman living in Berlin as the Soviet Army occupies the city at the end of World War II. She and other civilians face harassment and sexual violence, and she must navigate survival in a broken neighborhood.

bleaktensegrimharrowingsomberunflinchingclaustrophobicrestrained

What happens

A Woman in Berlin (German: Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin), known as The Downfall of Berlin – Anonyma in the UK, is a 2008 German film directed by Max Färberböck, starring Nina Hoss and Yevgeny Sidikhin. It is based on the memoir, Eine Frau in Berlin, published anonymously (by Marta Hillers) in 1959 in German, with a new edition in 2003. (It was also published in English in 1954 and 2005, and in seven other languages.) It deals with the treatment of civilians during the Soviet-occupied Berlin in the final days of World War II and its immediate aftermath. The film shows a darker side of the Red Army, with its troops repeatedly harassing civilians and raping women, and shows how they integrated themselves into one neighborhood of German civilians. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and was praised for its portrayal of a morally complex and brutal period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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