Alone in Berlin (2016)

Alone in Berlin (2016)

2016-02-15 France, Germany, United Kingdom 103 Min. PG-13
6.7 369 votes

Overview

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

Cast

Emma Thompson is Anna Quangel
Anna Quangel
Brendan Gleeson is Otto Quangel
Otto Quangel
Daniel Brühl is Escherich
Escherich
Katharina Schüttler is Claire Gehrich
Claire Gehrich
Louis Hofmann is Hans Quangel
Hans Quangel
Rafael Gareisen is Herbert Wegner
Herbert Wegner
Ernst Stötzner is Dptm. Head Walter
Dptm. Head Walter
Godehard Giese is Colonel Krüger
Colonel Krüger
Jacob Matschenz is Dietrich Necker
Dietrich Necker
Rainer Reiners is Salesman Franz Kanz
Salesman Franz Kanz