Fog in August (2016)

Original title

Nebel im August

Directed by

Kai Wessel

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Nazi Germany, a 14 year old Yenish boy named Ernst Lossa is placed in a psychiatric facility. The film follows his experience as the hospital's euthanasia program begins to target patients like him.

somberhistoricalslow-burndisturbingmelancholicrestrainedpoignantsobering

What happens

Fog in August (German: Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. It is based on the 2008 novel Fog in August by Robert Domes, and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst Lossa (1929–1944). It was listed as one of eight films that could be the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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