Germany Year Zero Comments

  • Conner 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    Walk back to make up a few works. In all aspects, it truly lays the foundation for the works that neorealism is inclined to. Whether it is a script or a video, the "real" narrative and a level of social concern have been achieved to the...

  • Constance 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    It was especially meaningful at that...

  • Janis 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    The first five-star in the new year is offered. This is not only a realistic picture of the German nation after the war, but it also goes beyond the established conventions of traditional realism to a certain extent, and begins to approach the deep and empty inner state of the people under the post-war social reality of the weakened people. The camera accompanies the characters in the ruined urban landscape. On the one hand, these urban landscapes completely overwhelm the spiritual foundation...

  • Rubye 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    The blurred image cannot hide the tension of the camera, and the ghost of history lingers in Edmund's pace. After a few skillful transitions, the camera focuses on Edmund as he wanders the ruined streets. Hitler's victory speech on the tape recorder became the greatest irony of this ruined city, and also revealed the haunting haunting Nazis had on the people. Instigated by his pedophile teacher, Edmund suffers by killing his ailing father. He continued to walk among the ruins, still retaining...

  • Stephania 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    A masterpiece of Italian neorealism, the environment and music really set the...

  • Alan 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    Rossellini's war trilogy was filmed from 1945 to 1948. Perhaps because the war had just ended, the Italian director really lacked introspection. Rome without defense sang the heroism of the Italian progressives; the war spoke of the repulsion of the German remnants by the American army and the Italian guerrillas; the German Zero Year was the most reflective spirit, and even tried to explore the roots of the Nazis, but unfortunately this Italian pushed the background this time. to...

  • Krystal 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    【War Trilogy Part 3】Rossellini Presents: "After the armistice was signed, Italy was still occupied by Germany, so I am eager to see the fall of Germany." She was cruel enough, so she went to the defeated country to write the...

  • Letha 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    2013/10/13 Children's eyes always seem to be sharper than adults, and they have insight into the world. The post-war Germany made people look chilling, and what happened to Edmund made people feel distressed. The final twist was a little rough, or I couldn't understand the destructive power of war trauma.

  • Jamil 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    Watching it again, it's shocking. I feel that Rossellini did a better job of Berlin than Rome, and certainly better than any German film of the period. I almost cried when I saw the church of St. Matthäus at the end of the film (the architect of this church was Friedrich August Stüler of the Schinkel school, it was restored after the war and is located in today's Kulturforum, after the new National Gallery in...

  • Eveline 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    3.5. It feels like an exercise in Rossellini's transition to psychorealism, trying to take longer time-lapse, more fluid (anxiety?) camera movements, in a city of ruins (like a race against time, The quasi-news capture and reaction to reality comes to mind in "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", but no rocket launch), and captures a character who is more difficult to predict - a vulnerable child who can easily magnify any "scorching secret" into a negative energy black hole Mind - so does it...

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Germany Year Zero quotes

  • Edmund: I have no work, and neither does Eva. My brother still won't report and get his card.

    Il maestro: I understand, but what can I do?

    Edmund: My father needs treatment. Can't you help me? What can I do?

    Il maestro: There's nothing you can do. Times are hard for everyone, worse for weak and old people. You've done all you can.

    Edmund: But what if he dies?

    Il maestro: If he dies, he dies. We all die sooner or later. Would you rather die yourself or let an old man live?

  • Karl-Heinz: Who gave you money to buy cigarettes?

    Edmund: It was a gift.

    Karl-Heinz: From who? Those bad boys you go stealing with?

    Edmund: It wasn't boys. It was a girl.

    Karl-Heinz: You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Edmund: Why? Everybody does it.

    Karl-Heinz: That's not a reason.

    Edmund: Her name is Christl. She's all alone, and she sleeps in a basement. She's a nice girl. I like her. She gives cigarettes to all her friends. You should have a woman to take care of you.

    Karl-Heinz: A woman? That's all I need. Like this bitch of a life wasn't enough.

    Edmund: Don't talk like that! Have courage!

    Karl-Heinz: I had courage. A soldier can lose everything but his courage. But now I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm less than useless, another mouth to feed.

Germany Year Zero

Director: Roberto Rossellini

Language: German,English,French Release date: September 19, 1949