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1948

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A desperate thirteen-year-old boy scrambles for survival in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of 1945 Berlin, trying to support his sick father by thieving and scavenging in the streets. When he encounters a kindly former schoolteacher, the old man reveals himself to be a devious Nazi sympathizer capable of exacting a .. Read more

Starring	Alexandra Manys, Hans Sangen
Director	Roberto Rossellini
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Both realistic and pessimistic, this depressing film has a savage power of its own but totally fails to be constructive.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Suvival in post-war Berlin
  
  Very realistic display of post-war Germany and portrait of people trying to survive no matter how. Showed through thirteen-year-old boy struggle to keep his ... read more »
  
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  Ignore the comment from Halliwell above, which downgrades most films unless they're feel good offerings. This is an important film, in that it paints a ... read more »
  
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  Suvival in post-war Berlin
  
  Very realistic display of post-war Germany and portrait of people trying to survive no matter how. Showed through thirteen-year-old boy struggle to keep his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 924279
- - Emporio
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Sep 2010 at 12:09
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  Suvival in post-war Berlin
  
  Very realistic display of post-war Germany and portrait of people trying to survive no matter how. Showed through thirteen-year-old boy struggle to keep his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 924279
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Emporio
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Sep 2010 at 12:09
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  Important but Wordy
  
  Ignore the comment from Halliwell above, which downgrades most films unless they're feel good offerings. This is an important film, in that it paints a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1033744
- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 26 Aug 2011 at 11:45

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- Both realistic and pessimistic, this depressing film has a savage power of its own but totally fails to be constructive.
- 34130
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- A long opening tracking shot through Berlin's ruins under the Occupation in 1945 is both documentary and a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17

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  A desperate thirteen-year-old boy scrambles for survival in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of 1945 Berlin, trying to support his sick father by thieving and scavenging in the streets. When he encounters a kindly former schoolteacher, the old man reveals himself to be a devious Nazi ...