Rent Generation War (2013)
4.1 of 5 from 105 ratings
4h 34min
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- Synopsis:
Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war. Wilhelm and his brother have been ordered to the eastern front, Charlotte will join them as a nurse in a field hospital there. In Berlin, Greta makes a name for herself as a singer, with the help of a high-ranking party official. Her Jewish boyfriend, Viktor is despatched to a concentration camp in the east. Little do they know how much the unfathomable experiences, deprivations and terrors of the war will change them. It is the experiences of friendship and betrayal, belief and disappointment, illusion and insight, guilt and responsibility that will change their lives forever. - Actors:
- Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte, Mark Waschke, Henriette Richter-Röhl, Götz Schubert, Hildegard Schroedter, Christiane Paul, Sylvester Groth, Alina Levshin, Lucas Gregorowicz, Maxim Mehmet, Adam Markiewicz, Johanna Gastdorf, Peter Kremer, Trystan Wyn Puetter, David Zimmerschied, Joel Basman
- Directors:
- Philipp Kadelbach
- Producers:
- Benjamin Benedict, Nico Hofmann, Jürgen Schuster
- Writers:
- Stefan Kolditz
- Aka:
- Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter / Generation War: Series
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas, TV Military & War Dramas
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies, Top Films
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/05/2014
- Run Time:
- 274 minutes
- Languages:
- German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Generation War
superb - Generation War review by CP Customer
Generation War is a wonderfully crafted series. It is well acted, and the script is brilliant. It is interesting to see the developments of war from the German perspective. Some Germans were portrayed as cruel and ruthless, mostly how we have always portrayed them ourselves. Some, however, were portrayed as decent, ordinary people who were scared of war and didn't understand it. If this series was a film, it would have surely won an Oscar, it is that good.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Mid brow - Generation War review by ML
Reasonably well done, but fails to really move one. One reviewer called it "mid-brow" and I think that sums it up quite well. A missed opportunity.
0 out of 1 members found this review helpful.