Germany Year Zero with Edmund Meschke: DVD Cover

    Germany Year Zero
    a.k.a. Germania, Anno Zero Director: Roberto Rossellini Cast: Edmund Meschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraude Hinze, Franz Otto Krueger

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/08/2002
    • Original Release: 1947
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    Side #1 --
    1. Opening [2:39]
    2. Postwar Poverty [3:04]
    3. Protecting Karl-Heinz [5:36]
    4. Scale for Sale [3:29]
    5. Night Shift [4:21]
    6. An Old School-Teacher [9:56]
    7. Soap Scam [5:00]
    8. Sick Father [8:35]
    9. No Help From Mr. Enning [3:10]
    10. An End to All Misery [10:41]
    11. Edmund's Confession [6:47]
    12. The Bitter End [7:18]

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    In the third and final film of Rossellini's WWII trilogy, the director shifts his focus from his native Italy to the bombed-out ruins of Berlin, where 12-year-old Edmund Koehler struggles for survival. Among the nine people he lives with are: a father, who is suffering from malnutrition and a fatal illness; a brother, who is a former Nazi soldier hiding to avoid arrest; and a sister, who has turned to prostitution. Scouring the rubble-strewn city for food, money, and cigarettes, he comes upon a former teacher, Herr Enning (Erich Guhne), who evinces a barely restrained sexual attraction to the boy while providing him with records of Hitler's speeches that can be bartered on the black market. He also drums into the boy a classic piece of Nazi propaganda about the importance of having the courage to let the weak be destroyed. Under his influence, the confused young protagonist heads down a tragic path. Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

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