Directed by:
Caroline LinkCinematography:
Bella HalbenComposer:
Volker BertelmannCast:
Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci, Carla Juri, Marinus Hohmann, Ursula Werner, Justus von Dohnányi, Judith Engel, André Szymanski, Anne Schäfer (more)Plots(1)
This stunning film from the director of the Academy Award–winning Nowhere in Africa has the grand dramatic sweep and ravishing visuals of cinematic epics from an earlier era. Based on the best-selling novel by Judith Kerr, the film begins in 1933, following 9-year-old Anna, who isn’t overly concerned with the changes coming to Berlin and the creeping dread of Hitler’s rise to power until her own father goes missing. Moving with her mother and brother to Switzerland, then Paris, then London, Anna experiences family disruption, dislocation, and assimilation into a new life. Caroline Link’s film offers a moving perspective on the experience of German Jews who fled the country before the war. (New York Jewish Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Riva Krymalowski
Switzerland
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Oliver Masucci
West Germany
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Carla Juri
Switzerland
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Marinus Hohmann
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Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
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Ursula Werner
German Empire
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Justus von Dohnányi
West Germany
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Judith Engel
East Germany
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André Szymanski
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Anne Schäfer
West Germany
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Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Austria
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Martin Hug
Switzerland
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Michele Cuciuffo
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Raban Bieling
Germany
Best movies:
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Andreas Matti
Switzerland
Best movies:
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Hans-Caspar Gattiker
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Ingo Ospelt
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Rafael Koussouris
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Julia Uttendorfer
Best movies:
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Martin Severa
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Best movies:
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Anne Bennent
Switzerland
Best movies:
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