Germany, Year Zero
A soldier can lose everything but his courage.
A soldier can lose everything but his courage.
Drama
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1948
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In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
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Runtime:
74 min
Release date:
11 Jul 1948
Country:
FR, DE, IT
Languages:
English, French, German
Budget:
$115,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 wins total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The colossal rubble of Berlin is not just an analogue to the collapse of the social order but an amazing sight, and the movie makes you feel the weight of every smashed facade and fallen stone.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 May 2014
fresh:
Pic isn't acted but 'lived.' Pro and non-pro cast play it with uniform sincerity. Edmund Meschke is the most impressive of the lot, delivering a poignant, believable portrayal as the young disgraced hero.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
A horror movie that declines to tease.
– Don Macpherson,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
The sum effect of the presentation is a sense of bleak discomfort and despair, unrelieved by any purge of the emotions.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
To the critics of the time, it seemed that Rossellini had betrayed the tenets of neorealism...It now appears as Rossellini's first mature work, pointing to his masterpieces of the 50s.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000