Alone in Berlin backdrop

Alone in Berlin 2016 Directed by Vincent Perez

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

Language English
Spoken Language English
Revenue $33,125
Release Date 15 February 2016
103 mins
Cast
Emma Thompson Anna Quangel
Brendan Gleeson Otto Quangel
Daniel Brühl Escherich
Katharina Schüttler Claire Gehrich
Louis Hofmann Hans Quangel
Rafael Gareisen Herbert Wegner
Ernst Stötzner Dptm. Head Walter
Godehard Giese Colonel Krüger
Jacob Matschenz Dietrich Necker
Rainer Reiners Salesman Franz Kanz
Lars Rudolph Enno Kluge
Uwe Preuss Persicke
Katharina Abt Flower Shop lady I. Schneider
Jürgen Tarrach Richard Schopf
Joshio Marlon Kuno Barkhausen
Chris Theisinger SS / SD Sturmführer
Holger Handtke Dollfuss
Joshua Grothe August Persicke
Marko Dyrlich Anselm Koch
Michael Scheel Judge Frank Schwartz
Hans Martin Stier Arnold Vogt
Monique Chaumette Frau Rosenthal
Imogen Kogge Frau Busch
Joachim Bißmeier Herr Fromm
Gisa Flake Bertha
Katharina Blaschke Female guard Gertrud Schäfer
Sanne Schnapp Female Worker Helene Scholz
Patrick Hastert Schröder
Rainer Egger Emil Barkhausen
Stefan Schumann Obersturmbannführer
Irene Rindje Miss Kleinschmidt
Luisa Wolf Secretary
Katrin Pollitt Eva Kluge
Sammy Scheuritzel Baldur Persicke
Emil von Schönfels Newspaper Boy
Moritz Grove Young Man who cuts finger
Thomas Neumann Party Rep. Ludwig Weber
Hans Piesbergen Joachim Kessel
Thomas Bestvater Colleague in Tram Karl Ziegler
Fritz Roth Factory Clerk Max Winkler