Amrum
DirectorFatih Akin, Hark Bohm
CastsJasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Lisa Hagmeister, Kian Köppke, Lars Jessen, Detlev Buck, Matthias Schweighöfer, Diane Kruger, Dirk Böhling, Hark Bohm, Tony Can, Rita Feldmeier, Marek Harloff, Morten Bo Heine, Max Hopp, Polli Leuner, Jorid Lukaczik, Bernd Moss
Duration93 minutes
Rating
GenreDrama, War
Trailer & Synopsis
Based on true events, the celebrated new film from multi award-winning director Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven, In The Fade) is a moving and deeply poignant historical drama about a 12-year-old boy torn between family loyalty and budding compassion in wartime Germany.
Spring 1945, the remote North Sea island of Amrum. In what will become the final days of World War II, big-hearted young student Nanning (exceptional newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) has a busy life. He braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, fishes at night, and works the neighbouring potato farm run by Tessa (Diane Kruger) to help his pregnant mother Hille (Laura Tonke) – a fervent Nazi loyalist - feed the family. His father, captured as a prisoner of war, is unable to offer help or guidance to his son.
When a radio broadcast brings news of Hitler’s fall, Nanning’s world begins to unravel. His devastated mother refuses to eat anything other than white bread, butter and honey. Craving her affection, the ever-enterprising Nanning embarks on a quest across the island to obtain these precious, near-impossible to find ingredients...
Inspired by the childhood experiences of screenwriter Hark Bohm, AMRUM beautifully evokes a place suspended in time. Through the eyes of a child awakening to the moral collapse around him, Fatih Akin's deeply human and lyrical film offers a profound meditation on innocence, loss, and th
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