About this title: 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 ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Image Entertainment
Date: 2002
UPC:014381117523
Description: Edmund Meschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraude Hinze, Franz Otto Krueger. New in new packaging. Language: Italian. Run time: 75 mins. Aspect ratio: 4: 3. Originally released: 1948. New, Mint, Sealed. Italian audio. English & Korean subtitles. The world of a 12 year old boy has only known struggle & violence surviving in the bombed out ruins in Berlin. Brainwashed by Nazis he heads down a tragic path of murder. 1st Cls Fast read more
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