Germany Year Zero
1948 · Movie · NR · 74 min · ★ 7.6 · 91% critics
In the shattered streets of postwar Berlin, a young boy tries to keep his struggling family afloat by finding food, work, and anything to trade. As daily survival blurs right and wrong, he’s pulled into a harsh world of scarcity, lingering ideology, and impossible choices.
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Details
- Original title
- Germania anno zero
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-07-11
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (423 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to stark, human-scale postwar dramas about survival and lost innocence, this may hit hard, especially if you liked Rome, Open City or Paisan; Not for you if you want uplifting stories or clear-cut morality.
Pros: haunting postwar atmosphere; powerful moral questions; striking ruined-city imagery | Cons: relentlessly bleak tone; uneven performances; motivations feel forced
Themes
- berlin, germany
- nazi
- world war ii
- post war
- kids
- neo realism
- italian neo realism
Awards & recognition
- Golden Leopard · 1948
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Cast & crew
Edmund Moeschke
as Edmund
Ernst Pittschau
as Father
- IH
Ingetraud Hinze
as Eva
Franz-Otto Krüger
as Karl-Heinz
Erich Gühne
as Teacher
- HB
Heidi Blänkner
as Frau Rademaker (uncredited)
Jo Herbst
as Jo (uncredited)
- BH
Barbara Hintz
as Thilde (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Karl Krüger
as Doctor (uncredited)
Directed by Roberto Rossellini