In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
Cinematography
Frozen Hamburg ruins as gorgeous metaphor for emotional devastation.
Costume
Knightley's coats deserve their own billing.
Director
James Kent
Keira Knightley
Rachael Morgan
Alexander Skarsgård
Stefan Lubert
Jason Clarke
Lewis Morgan
Martin Compston
Burnham
Kate Phillips
Susan Burnham
Flora Thiemann
Freda Lubert
Jannik Schümann
Albert
Fionn O'Shea
Barker
Anna Schimrigk
Heike
Alexander Scheer
Siegfried Leitmann
Frederick Preston
Michael Morgan
Joseph Arkley
Captain Thompson
Tom Bell
Captain Eliot
Pip Torrens
General Brook
Jack Laskey
Wilkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård's chemistry was so immediate that director James Kent kept their first meeting on camera. The snow scene was minus ten degrees; their breath is real.
The film quietly interrogates British 'civilizing mission' arrogance—Rachael and Lewis occupy Stefan's mansion while lecturing him about German guilt, never noticing their own.
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