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A Woman in Berlin

A Woman in Berlin

World War II ends and her story begins...

20086.62h 11m

Overview

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Directed by Max Färberböck
Written by Catharina Schuchmann, Max Färberböck
Produced by Günter Rohrbach
Box Office0Revenue: $1.9M

Top Cast

Nina Hoss

Nina Hoss

Anonyma

Evgeniy Sidikhin

Evgeniy Sidikhin

Major Andreij Rybkin

Juliane Köhler

Juliane Köhler

Elke

August Diehl

August Diehl

Gerd

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Witwe

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Eckhart

Ulrike Krumbiegel

Ulrike Krumbiegel

Ilse Hoch

Isabell Gerschke

Isabell Gerschke

Lisbeth

Rolf Kanies

Rolf Kanies

Friedrich Hoch

Jördis Triebel

Jördis Triebel

Bärbel Maltaus

Themes & Keywords

secret loveberlin, germanyrapestrong womanlove of one's lifeworld war iisoviet military

About A Woman in Berlin

A Woman in Berlin is a drama, war, history film released in 2008 exploring themes of secret love, berlin, germany, rape, strong woman, love of one's life, world war ii. Directed by Max Färberböck, it stars Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Juliane Köhler. A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

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