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Hell (2011)

Hell poster
Directed by
Tim Fehlbaum
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
Switzerland, Germany
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 307 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

After a climate crisis turns Germany into a barren wasteland, a young woman, her boyfriend, and her sister search for water and supplies while driving through the devastated landscape. They team up with another survivor but are soon captured by a farming family who keep people in a slaughterhouse as a food source.

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What happens

Hell is a 2011 German-Swiss post-apocalyptic film directed by Tim Fehlbaum in his directorial debut. The German-language screenplay was written by Fehlbaum, Oliver Kahl and Thomas Woebke. The filmmaker Roland Emmerich acted as executive producer, with Gabriele Walther and Wöbke acting as producers. The film is about a young woman named Marie (Hannah Herzsprung), her boyfriend Phillip (Lars Eidinger) and her younger sister Leonie (Lisa Vicari) who are driving through the blighted wasteland of Germany after a climate crisis has destroyed society. Parched by thirst, the trio scavenge for water, gas and supplies. The trio are joined by a male survivor, Tom (Stipe Erceg), who they encounter in the ruins. Later, after the group is ambushed by carjackers who abduct Leonie and take the vehicle, all of the group end up being captured by a farming family who hold survivors in the farm's former slaughterhouse to use them as a source of food. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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