In Annemarie Brinkmann's small German village all the young men are recruited to the front in WWI. When her boyfriend Klaus Renken gets the call they spend their last romantic night together.
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white German dramas from the old days, you might find this interesting. It is not for the person who needs a fast plot or fancy camera tricks. You will probably hate this if you get bored when people just stand around looking sad for long stretches. It feels like...
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white German dramas from the old days, you might find this interesting. It is not for the person who needs a fast plot or fancy camera tricks. You will probably hate this if you get bored when people just stand around looking sad for long stretches. It feels like a stage play that got lost on its way to the theater. The whole thing hangs on that one moment in the church. When the pastor reads the names, the silence is actually pretty heav..."
Bruno Wellenkamp, Fritz Peter Buch
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1935 · IMDb —
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