Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale (2019)

Original title

Fritzi – Eine Wendewundergeschichte

Directed by

Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula

Genre

drama film, animated film

Country

Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

6

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 12-year-old girl in East Germany becomes involved in the growing protests leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The story follows her search for a missing friend and her dawning understanding of the political changes around her.

gentlehopefulthoughtfulchildlikequietly upliftingearnestslow-pacedhistorical

What happens

Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale (German: Fritzi - Eine Wendewundergeschichte) is a 2019 German-language animated film directed by Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn about the Peaceful Revolution in Autumn 1989, told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old girl. A co-production between Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium the Czech Republic and Austria, the film is based on the 2009 German children's book Fritzi was There by Hanna Schott. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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