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Film · 2016

Alone in Berlin

Directed by Vincent Perez · starring Louis Hofmann, Daniel Brühl and Brendan Gleeson

  • 1 h 43 min
  • R18
  • War · Drama · History
  • UKFrance
  • Released in the UK 29 June 2017
  • 6.0 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.0 Users1 vote
  • 6.0 Critics6 reviews
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Synopsis

1940. Berlin. Second World War. Otto and Anna Quangel are a couple of middle age and working class one, that one sad day they received the news that their only son had dead in the war. He has lost his life in the battlefields like a soldier. The war takes the only thing that they care of, so now this couple begin to resist the Nazi regime in their own way. But they have to be careful, because Gestapo can hunt theirs very soon. This war drama has been written and directed by Vincent Perez, and it's a coproduction between United Kingdom, France and Germany. It's starring by Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson and Daniel Brühl.

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Runtime
103 min1 hour and 43 minutes
Box office
£108,047in UK
Rating
R18To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas to adults of not less than 18 years
How long is Alone in Berlin?
1 hour and 43 minutes (103 minutes).
When was Alone in Berlin released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 29 June 2017.
Who directed Alone in Berlin?
Vincent Perez.
Who is in Alone in Berlin?
It stars Louis Hofmann, Daniel Brühl, Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson.
Where can I watch Alone in Berlin?
In the UK you can watch it on subscription on Prime Video and on rent on Apple TV.
How much did Alone in Berlin make?
It took £108,047 in UK.
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Cast

Full cast (20)
Director
Vincent Perez
Writers
Achim von Borries, Vincent Perez
Producers
Stefan Arndt, James Schamus, Uwe Schott

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'Alone in Berlin' Trailer 2:1321 June 2017

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Reviews

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6.0 1 vote

What the critics say average 6.0 from 6

  • 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper When Alone in Berlin reaches the end of its journey, it?s the performances of Gleeson and Thompson that ensure we?ll never forget the bravery of Otto and Anna. Read
  • 6.7 IndiewireJessica Kiang There is always something of value in the sincere recreation of ordinary heroism. And Perez? film does sincere if ordinary justice to the idea that where there is a will for it, resistance can find… Read
  • 6.0 EmpireIan Freer A well-made Euro pudding, Alone In Berlin, like The Book Thief, can?t find the depths, darkness or daring to stand out. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • UK £108,047

Trivia

  • 7 years later

    Vincent Pérez and Marco Pacchioni had the rights of the novel since 2007.

  • Potterheads

    Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson had appeared in the Harry Potter's saga.

  • Hechos reales

    The novel is based real gestapo's documents.

  • Tragedy

    His family lived the tragedy of the WWII: his grandfather died in Spain in the Civil War, his great uncle was murdered in a gas chamber by the nazis, and another uncle died in the Russian Front.

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