If Not Us, Who? (2011)

Original title

Wer wenn nicht wir

Directed by

Andres Veiel

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

12

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young man growing up in post-war Germany, from the 1940s through the 1960s. It shows his involvement in the student protests of 1968 and his personal relationships during that time.

historicalintrospectiveseriousslow-pacedpoliticalcontemplativegroundedearnest

What happens

If Not Us, Who? (German: Wer wenn nicht wir) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940s, the early 1960s, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear. Veiel won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale. The film had its US premiere at the Berlin and Beyond film festival in San Francisco on 26 October 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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