The atmosphere is built up well. Yet any suspicions I might have had about "A Woman in Berlin" were soon discarded. Germans at the time thought of Russians as brutal subhumans and that was part of the justification for conquering & enslaving them so that the more deserving master race could take over their lands. The anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. It has the courage to tell the story of what it was like in Berlin as World War II was ending - the time of the Russian siege of the city just before and just after Hitler committed suicide, ending the horror of the Nazi regime. 384 likes. Two years after her death in 2003 the anonymous author was identified in the Süddeutsche Zeitung by Jens Bisky (a German literary editor) as Marta Hillers. Russian is spoken by her and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps himself secure, but the rapes begin. Autoarea a fost victima abuzurilor armatei rosii, dupa ce orasul Berlin a fost ocupat de catre sovietici, la sfarsitul celui de-Al Doilea Razboi Mondial. Anonyma (Nina Hoss) is a journalist, a pretty woman living in the cellars and other hiding places while the Russians took over Berlin. While this isn't a terrible movie, it is a disappointment for those who read the book. It's not what he expected. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. Pure, boring ahistorical Euro-trash. It is very important that this film has been made at long last. The truth lay in the mass of closely observed detail. With Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas. 261 pp. A well made German movie that touches with frankness a very delicate historical subject: the mass rape of German women by Soviet soldiers during and after the Battle of Berlin. File list: Anonyma-Eine.Frau.in.Berlin-A.Woman.in.Berlin--2008-1080p-w.subs-x265-HEVC.mkv (1.3 GB) Info: Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin - A Woman in Berlin (2008) (known as The Downfall of Berlin Anonyma in the UK) A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad. War is not a pleasant experience. She joined to watch and disappeared about half an hour into the movie. Those who follow the news know that there have been several of our own soldiers accused and prosecuted for rape and murder in Iraq. Runtime: 131 minutes. Now we step on the corpses of dead women just to get to a jar of jam. 'A Woman in Berlin' is set in the last days of World War II as the Soviet Army wreaks vengeance upon the German civilian population following their invasion of the German capital. The producers,directors and those who payed to have this film made, should feel very badly about themselves. I recommend this warmly to everyone mature enough for it. Hunger. Awards She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. The rest of the cast is made up of both German & Russian actors who truly live up to their roles (and watch out for a winning performance by Irm Hermann, generally known for her work in the films of the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder,as Witke).Comparisons to Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book' will be obvious. They were too good to be true. Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital. General Eisenhower who punished rape committed by his men with execution outside of Germany (first rape took place six hours after invasion of Normandy had begun)but as for German women all men had free hands as these women were all declared "willing". . With Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. The beginning of the movie really good but the movie falls when they start showing the romance between German woman and the Red Army commander, it slowed down the phase. My mother does not, nor do most of her friends who also experienced the war from various parts of Berlin and Germany. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The author withdrew her work from publication for approximately four decades until it was republished and accepted by a new generation of Germans. The starting of the movie is really nice as how it shows how people have to go through and live through once Russians won over Germany. 8/10. I was lucky enough to see it last year at the Toronto Film Festival. After numerous complaints she makes to different ranking Russian officers she decides not to let any Russian men touch her unless she wants to and she finds a protector,an idealist Russian major (Yevgeni Sidikhin)whom she will learn to like along the way. What, Germany was invaded by Russian troops during the last few months of World War II, and the men were beaten, the women were raped and everyone had their property stolen by these shameless Ruskies? Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. A Woman in Berlin (German: Eine Frau in Berlin) (1959/2003) is an anonymous memoir by a German woman, revealed in 2003 to be journalist Marta Hillers. What happened should never be forgotten. World civilization was saved. Intelligent and absorbing, this movie is a real gem. My mother was not raped once, nor any of her friends. I am so mad I watched this rotten movie for as long as I did. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after … War is horrible. It is a film that will haunt the viewer for a long time, a film that will restore some dignity to the German people who lived through it, not being part of Hitler's madness but being trapped in the ugliness that followed his fall. The Russian soldiers were human - some good, some bad - no different than any other human beings. I know the strong have power over the weak, but this movie pushes the envelope over the hill and beyond.As a man, I do Not have to force myself on anyone, nor do I. I get it, Berlin was mostly taken over by Russian soldiers, mean rotten ones, using woman as sex objects. It's horrible, and I feel sick watching the implication of it in the shadows and behind closed doors. This has extraordinary lighting. 'The pity of war, the pity of war distilled' Auden, It takes a war for you to find out about things like that, A perfect companion to Downfall, and equal to it in so many ways, True-life diary brought to life with verisimilitude and insight, Good war movie touching a delicate subject matter. WAR IS BAD - RAPE IS BAD. Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas. A wonderful movie, well directed and very well acted (main characters, especially Anonyma, played by Nina Hoss, and the Russian major, played by Evgeny Sidikhin, were simply superb). 'A Woman in Berlin' is based on the a true-life anonymous diary which was published in West Germany in 1959. Summary: Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin. Dramas play out in the block of flats where she lives. She resolves to control her fate Max Färberböck, known to the world-wide audience since his "Aimee and Jaguar", shows in this newer film for once not the standard story of the bad Germans, who, deserving after what they have done, being Nazis, are liberated by the good Russians, the good Americans and the good Allies. ... See full summary ». Like the major said: "Every newborn child cries for war.Nothing and nobody, no man,no nation, will stop this vicious circle.Only death." It is based on the memoir, Eine Frau in Berlin, published anonymously (by Marta Hillers) in 1959 in German, with a new edition in 2003. There is apparently also a longer cut, and if the standard of this is maintained, it is undoubtedly great and worth it. (Wiki) The controversial German movie is about the women who survived the war by working as captivate prostitutes for the Russians. External Reviews Either they just try to make you sympathize with the grieving experiences the Jews had to undergo (let us not forget WW2 claimed the lives of 50 million people while only six million of these people were Jews)or they just want you to demonize all the Germans. A Woman in Berlin could be a figment of a historian's imagination, so neatly and thoroughly does it satisfy curiosity about a moment in time. In destroying the fascist vermin, Russia not only defended its freedom and independence but played the decisive role in the liberation of Europe and Asia from enslavement. The French and the British have preferred to turn a blind eye to what was done by their soldiers towards German women let alone the Russians. But then before he could do any damage he fell asleep & started snoring. We only see Russian soldiers and the Verliners, ignoring the German communists that were trained by the KGB in Moscow to take over the country (they were in power until 1990). What a great film. The anonymous journal of a thirty-four-year-old German journalist, A Woman in Berlin documents the final days of the Second World War, when Soviet troops took the city and, according to this account, began to claim their spoils. On the whole, A woman in Berlin is a really nice movie about the aftermaths of the War. As the great German writer Johannes Becher wrote in a poem after the war, "Who has done all the deeds/To free us from drudgery?/The heroes of the Soviet Union/Thanks to you, Soviet soldiers". A WOMAN IN BERLIN (Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin) Director: Max Färberböck. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She resolves to control her fate It all comes across as real and authentic(helped by the fact that they speak the three languages they are supposed to), and since this is entirely objective and doesn't take any sides in the conflict, you feel for both groups. Drama. She conveys an unbreakable spirit and intelligence despite having so little dialogue in the film. There are a few light portions that keep it from being all sad(without it taking away from how touching and engaging the rest of it is). This is immensely well-produced. Translated by Philip Boehm. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after … $23. At the author's request, the work was published anonymously for her protection. View production, box office, & company info. Written by Country: Germany | Poland. It is very unfortunate that this film did not get more attention and a wider distribution! She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. Spoken in German & Russian with English subtitles. She asks, "How do we go on living?" She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. It is tense and unpleasant when it means to be, albeit it isn't outright depressing. It tells the story of the epon(anon)ymous protagonist, who both witnessed and endured the rape of Berlin in a very personal manner. A couple days before the Russians came her mother killed her sisters to save them from the rapists. Henry Holt & Company. On the whole, A woman in Berlin is a really nice movie about the aftermaths of the War. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. Yet again, when you make such a statement or when you try to criticize those movies people will just call you an antisemitist. Women pay the price of war with their bodies. Just like every war all the men were killed and women were tortured and captured by the occupiers. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. It is a very interesting fact concerning mass psychology or perhaps better mass-psychosis that nobody normally speaks about the enormous amount of destruction done or caused by the liberators of end-World War II Europe. And what of Gerd and her diary? He becomes her protector of sorts subject to pressures from his own fellow soldiers and officers. Film costs millions to make. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. All films are propaganda. With Hülya Avsar, Cem Özer, Armin Block, Aliye Rona. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. Subject concerns all not just its victims let alone the children born out of the horrors. We want to see developments, how and when the Americans arrive, and we miss this opportunity. It is often hard to make a choice between honor and survival. It covers the soviet occupation of Berlin, but the time seems stuck. Having watched it, I also feel strangely empowered about rape. As he has feelings of ... See full summary », A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. It concerns events that are unspeakable and incomprehensible. However, in this movie, while we are watching the appalling atrocities the Soviet soldiers perpetrate in Berlin, we also realize that they were once simple men who had to go through similar acts of brutality back in Moscow. Even over sixty years later there continue to be major productions coming out, e.g. This FAQ is empty. I guess 1939-1945 really was the most difficult era to live in ever, regardless of what nationality you were. It shows exactly the same experience that we all, who grew up in the East Block, had about our Russiand "friends". The book purports to detail the writer's experiences as a rape victim during the Red Army occupation of the city. The acting performances are spot-on. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. Survival for women in wartime at a terrible price. A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov. If you don't know or appreciate these moral values, then perhaps you should see this movie. Yes he did drag a woman off into the corner, no doubt a terrifying experience. He becomes her protector of sorts subject to pressures from his own fellow soldiers and officers. 94 min | Drama, Romance A beautiful girl, bored and hungry for life, takes advantage of her new-found freedom away from her parents to explore what lies beneath the surface of Berlin. The author would be disgusted with the character they created from her diary. A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Even the fact that the book on which the movie is based was met with outrage when it was first published in the 50's is ultimately part of this chain. After Berlin was taken over by Russian soldiers(among them men who had not had sex for four years) at the end of WW2, and raped 100.000 women, leading to the death of 10.000 of them. Add the first question. Is she an amoral traitor? For the next three months,she,as well as the rest of the residents of Berlin are subjected to brutal treatment of their captors. A Woman in Berlin (Eine Frau in Berlin) este o drama inspirata dintr-o intamplare reala, povestita in cartea cu acelasi nume, scrisa de o autoare anonima, identificata apoi ca fiind Marta Hillers. Combination of History, War, Drama and Biography could be characterized as authenticity of this movie... "WW II ends, her story begins". Use the HTML below. How disappointing, since the character in the book is so fascinating and complex. Benedict Neuenfels' camera work,which gives this film it's grainy,grim look & Ewa J.Lund's tight editing is right on track This grim,gritty film is yet,another winning entry from Constantin Film Produktion,who gave us the likes of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn',and the recent,'Der Bader Meinhof Komplex'. | She tells the story of an extremely drunk Russian soldier invading the basement they were hiding in as their first contact. A WOMAN IN BERLIN Eight Weeks in the Conquered City. The camera-work and editing put you right in the situation when this fits, and is in general expertly done. Now, "A Woman from Berlin" can be added to the list. Not rated by the MPAA,this film contains rough language, violence,flashes of nudity & sexual content,including several unpleasant rape scenes. | Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. )so exists in French version only. And what of Gerd and her diary? Because the performances in these hard hitting movies makes you believe the situation. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. Gerd, her spouse, a writer, can be a officer at the front. The focus of the movie is one woman, Anonyma, who attempts to survive in the midst of great degradation and humiliation. At the same time, it is not for viewers who cannot handle the human reality in its darkest form. The beginning of the movie really good but the movie falls when they start showing the romance between German woman and the Red Army commander, it slowed down the phase. Was this review helpful to you? The film doesn't work on a historical level nor as an artistic cinematic endeavor. Where are the proto DDR? I had already submitted a review of this movie earlier, but as it may have seemed misleading for some people I thought I should rephrase it. With his burdened conscience, he goes out to Berlin's Turkish district to find the woman. World War II ends and her story begins.... A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. Dramas play out in the block of flats where she lives. Reading this, I thought of those two girls and my heart was torn. Stories of violence by Allied forces. rape is the particular plight of women during war and acknowledged at long last as a war crime.The plight of German women at the end of WW II was especially awful as they had protection from no one. Her husband finds out and starts a fight. It seems that WWII has produced an almost unlimited number of stories. Bombing. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate. I recommend this movie highly to anyone with interest in history, women's issues, and cinematics. Edit . A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose. There is a bit of moderate sexuality, nudity of both genders, brutal violence and disturbing content in this. The movie is however far less black-and-white (metaphorically speaking, of course) than it could have been. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young ... See full summary ». A Woman in Berlin As the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945 A woman keeps a journal. The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Bravo Germany. It's true... you learn something new everyday. In 1959,a book was published in Switzerland,entitled 'Anonyma:Eine Frau In Berlin',about a woman who had lived through the liberation of Berlin by the Red Army,in 1945,just mere months before Adolf Hitler committed suicide. A Woman in Berlin (German - Eine Frau in Berlin) is a 2008 German film directed by Max Färberböck. A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret. In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband. In all wars there are local citizens who prostitute themselves to feed their family. A Woman in Berlin movie reviews & Metacritic score: Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin. This is why we need films like "Eine Frau In Berlin". Eine Frau in Berlin (2008) tells the story of a German woman (Nina Hoss) --who was identified as Marta Hillers only after her death--, a professional journalist who gets repeatedly raped during the Red Army occupation of Berlin.The anonymous journalist who can speak Russian and French writes the horrid wartime experiences she and the other German women had during the occupation. Looks like some still have that attitude. Anthony Beevor, a noted World War 2 historian also wrote a solid book on the subject, The Fall of Berlin 1945. Period. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for A Woman in Berlin (2008) - Max Färberböck on AllMovie - The horrors and moral compromises of war set the… Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. A Woman in Berlin. As a holder of a Ph.D. in history I was immediately intrigued: I knew about the events depicted in the film and I was concerned about how such brutal rapes would be shown but the director handled it perfectly, emphasizing that rape is more about violence and terror than about sex. AKA: Anonyma - A Woman in Berlin, The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma, A Woman in Berlin, Anónima: Una mujer en Berlín. A Diary. Even though Beevor also wrote the forward to A Woman in Berlin, I think Lowe’s book offered a more interesting history of this period. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII. Metacritic Reviews. Here we are, fifty years later, and the material is still incendiary and hard to get your head around. The title of the movie implies a specific point of view - the plight of a woman trapped in Berlin during the last days of WW2. The performances by all the German actor and actresses and especially Nina Hoss, August Diehl & Evgeniy Sidikhin are admirable. She asks, "How do we go on living?" The main recipient of the soldiers' wrath are the women of Berlin who they end up raping in great numbers. It was called an attack on the virtue of female Germans. Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin – A Woman in Berlin - CATCH IT (B+) A Woman in Berlin (German: Eine Frau in Berlin) is an autobiographical account of the period from 20 April to 22 June 1945 in Berlin (Battle of Berlin). The week the Russians arrived she was staying with her grandmother, because her mother had to work. Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin – A Woman in Berlin - CATCH IT (B+) A Woman in Berlin (German: Eine Frau in Berlin) is an autobiographical account of the period from 20 April to 22 June 1945 in Berlin (Battle of Berlin). A few rape scenes but no nudity. This has some marvelous little touches and details, and it is historically accurate. A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II. It goes beyond a simplistic right/wrong attitude and instead puts the audience in a position to ponder how in a war atrocities escalate and feed on themselves in a typical "chicken and egg" problem. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. In an age on which we still face meaningless wars and killings in different regions of the world we need more movies like this to remind humanity that all of us have responsibilities in our own way. Bankers/Financiers are not going to finance films where they teach working class people their own history. Hard hitting subject matter, could have been more gripping.. If you have seen a number of WW2 movies you must know that most of the WW2 movies are just about the Nazis and the Holocaust. Cast: Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann. Fortunately, it was re-released in 2003, and now this excellent adaptation has hit theaters. The movie, which has a good historical reconstruction of the times, is based on the memories of a woman, who choose to publish the book anonymously. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. Title: And yet the film manages not to be too depressing until the very end, thanks in no small part to the assured acting skills of Nina Hoss. FAQ This review is based upon the version with a two hour running time and six minutes of credits. When it comes to war humanity loses its collective conscience. The women whose husbands were Nazi were bound to be raped and tortured by the occupiers. It covers the weeks from 20 April to 22 June 1945, during the capture of Berlin and its occupation by the Red Army. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials. Directed by Sebastian Schipper. She knew several languages including Russian and was well traveled. I haven't read the diary, but my father has and after we watched this together, he said that they got everything from the compelling book with its important testimony. The film is a bit long in the tooth,but there isn't a slack moment in it's 131 minute running time. The WWII Battle of Berlin, particularized. Ignore the historical revisionist reviews in these pages. Sure rapes did happen, but not to the extent that this movie portrays where every day consisted endless Russian abuses. Directed by Sinan Çetin. Women are victims of rape and devastation; one of them is Anonyma , … Strand Releasing Acquires San Sebastian Prize-Winning ‘The Audition’ for North America (Exclusive), Beta launches Ruzowitzky, Holland, Dresen, Netzer films. Also I suppose some people were afraid the book could be accused of Nazi revisionism. 5 of 7 people found this review helpful. Here are some great movies worth streaming that you won't see at the Oscars this year. Berlin in the last months of World War II was no place for a woman — as this diary by an anonymous 30-something journalist reveals. A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. Directed by Wolfgang Becker. I sat through this movie for almost 1 hour watching filthy soldiers rape rape rape rape. Just like every war all the men were killed and women were tortured and captured by the occupiers. Purchase ADVANCE TICKETS HERE. The Treptower Park monument in Berlin depicting a Soviet soldier with a German girl he rescued is just typical of the conduct of the Red Army, characterized by unprecedented heroism and courage. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the victory of Western Capitalism, the West is rewriting history. They came to rape, to destroy, to violate, to erase. This must be some sort of fetish film, for strange people to get off on.I found this movie totally useless. Year: 2008 . "Inglorious Basterds," "Valkyrie," "Letters from Iwo Jima," and "Flags of Our Fathers." The enquiring mind, the emotional understatement, and the moral complexity of this film got unfortunately overlooked by the Academy, possibly because of the "take-no-side" approach to its subject matter. When this was first revealed in the late 50's, the truth outraged many in the country. Although I was aware of the awesomeness of German cinema in the past decades, I was still pleasantly surprised by this film. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The women whose husbands were Nazi were bound to be raped and tortured by the occupiers. In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared. After her death, it was revealed that she was a relatively well to do minor functionary in the Nazi propaganda ministry. 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