A Woman in Berlin
2008 · Movie · NR · 131 min · ★ 6.6 · 78% critics
In the final days of World War II, a civilian woman in ruined Berlin struggles to stay alive as Soviet troops take the city. With food scarce and danger everywhere, she makes painful compromises, searches for protection, and tries to hold on to dignity amid chaos and fear.
Also known as The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma
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Details
- Original title
- Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-10-23
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (68 votes)
About
You may like this if you want an intense, morally complex World War II survival story that avoids easy heroes and villains, similar in spirit to Aimee & Jaguar; Not for you if you avoid sexual-violence themes or slow, heavy dramas.
Pros: eye-opening wartime perspective; challenges simple moral lines; strong central performance | Cons: long and uneven pacing; repetitive grim focus; some scenes feel pointless
Themes
- secret love
- berlin, germany
- rape
- strong woman
- love of one's life
- world war ii
- soviet military
Cast & crew
Nina Hoss
as Anonyma
Evgeniy Sidikhin
as Major Andreij Rybkin
Juliane Köhler
as Elke
August Diehl
as Gerd
Irm Hermann
as Witwe
Rüdiger Vogler
as Eckhart
Ulrike Krumbiegel
as Ilse Hoch
Isabell Gerschke
as Lisbeth
Rolf Kanies
as Friedrich Hoch
Jördis Triebel
as Bärbel Maltaus
Directed by Max Färberböck