Germany Year Zero Comments

  • Dagmar 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    It is the opposite of "The Bicycle Stealer". From the other side, we look at the life of material scarcity after the war. The distortion of people's hearts under poverty, even a 12-year-old boy is polluted. However, the plot of the remnants of fascism is very predictable! Italian neorealism is full of real compassion for the people at the...

  • Dominic 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    It is the opposite of "The Bicycle Stealer". From the other side, we look at the life of material scarcity after the war. The distortion of people's hearts under poverty, even a 12-year-old boy is polluted. However, the plot of the remnants of fascism is very predictable! Italian neorealism is full of real compassion for the people at the...

  • Martin 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    World Film History: The film mainly tells about the disasters brought to the people by the war. The war not only caused the people to fall into starvation and poverty, but also caused deformities in the psychology of children. The opening long shot shows the entire ruins of Berlin before the fall of the Nazis in 1945, which is as realistic as it is a trippy trip. The film ostensibly blames the child's father-killing and suicide mentality on a teacher's educational mistakes, but is actually...

  • Omari 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    Rossellini's exquisite neo-realism, the lens is very realistic and stylized, but the logic is a bit confusing. Rossellini is good, simple and easy to understand, not so...

  • Kirstin 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    "Inflation took my life, Hitler took my son." We are used to witnessing the destruction of adults in movies. No matter how heavy the story is, it often leaves a chance for children. However, Deutsche Year Zero focused on the little boy's display of the post-war devastation. In the last 15 minutes, the boy ran helplessly in the ruins, completely showing how the child's spiritual world collapsed. A true masterpiece in the postwar trilogy. In my opinion, the three films are better than one,...

  • Dejah 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    8/10...

  • Crawford 2022-03-24 09:03:24

    This is by no means a simple accusation of the Nazis. Henning's direct allusions to "Nazi ideas" are not many, and the cause of the final tragedy is not "wrong education" - as a neo-realist giant who experienced two world wars, Rossellini's observations and reflections on post-war Germany and even Europe are better than Facebook The historical narrative of the transformation is much more profound. In the first half, the camera focuses on the economic collapse and people's livelihood in post-war...

  • Osbaldo 2022-03-24 09:03:24

    This is by no means a simple accusation of the Nazis. Henning's direct allusions to "Nazi ideas" are not many, and the cause of the final tragedy is not "wrong education" - as a neo-realist giant who experienced two world wars, Rossellini's observations and reflections on post-war Germany and even Europe are better than Facebook The historical narrative of the transformation is much more profound. In the first half, the camera focuses on the economic collapse and people's livelihood in post-war...

  • Jazmin 2022-03-23 09:03:08

    Desolate and desolate Nazi remains; lonely and helpless patriarchs. I didn't know what to think at the moment when the light of the candle was projected on his face, and I let the soundtrack lead my thoughts into the...

  • Corine 2022-03-21 09:03:04

    The 12-year-old Edmund has the tolerance and dedication that is closest to a female role, but he is forced into a fork by the four selfish "role models" of his brother, the landlord, the gangster, and the former teacher. There are some roads, you can't go back if you go wrong. The ruined landscape of Germany after World War II is shocking...

Extended Reading

Germany Year Zero quotes

  • 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.

  • Il medico: His heart is very weak. His whole condition is bad.

    Eva: What can we do?

    Il medico: He needs nutritrious foods, vitamins.

    Eva: How can we do that, Doctor?

    Edmund: With the cards we have, we can't get more

    Il medico: Yes, I know. It's the same all over. The best thing would be to get him into a hospital. But they are all more than full.

    Karl-Heinz: Couldn't we at least try, Doctor?

    Il medico: Cases worse than his have not been admitted.

Germany Year Zero

Director: Roberto Rossellini

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