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Karthik
28May12
My favourite of the War Trilogy though it is hard to admit to liking such an unforgiving movie. It's not marred by Nazi strawmen (as in Roma) or by lurid streaks of sentiment (Paisa), though the plot device that leads to the tragic climax is very iffy. Edmund is neither ruthless or Nazi (see David Thomson's absurd reading). The real tragedy is in forces of circumstance & history that take humanity away from humans
trolley freak
24May12
For the third part of his neo-realist triptych on World War II, Rossellini left his native Italy for the rubble of a devastated Berlin to show how the citizens of a defeated nation were coping. Through the eyes of a boy we see the hardships of everyday life and the struggle to survive. The desperate act he commits after misunderstanding a throwaway comment leads to the tragic climax. Harrowing but essential viewing..
Mymosh the Selfbegotten
29Mar12
Edmund is a ruthless innocent, stuck between the world of children and the world of adults. His direct ancestors are the slapstick comedians of the silent era - overgrown clueless manchildren wreaking havoc and destruction on their surroundings. Edmund is an agent of chaos and he wanders through the ruins with the stonefaced detachment of a Buster Keaton or Harry Langdon while the world falls to pieces in his wake.
Lucas Granero
30Aug11
En los álbores de la modernidad cinematográfica, Rossellini entrega un plano de una brutalidad desgarradora: el niño cierra sus ojos, perturbado ante el exceso de realidad que lo rodea; el cineasta, en cambio, los mantiene abiertos, en alerta, la mirada urgida, valiente y decidamente actual, palpable, al lado nuestro.
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Christopher Taylor
25Jul11
When dealing with WW2, one has to at some point sit back and ask why? How could something like this actually happen? This movie, in it's own quiet way attempts to offer an explanation. It is my favorite of the Rossellini War Trilogy and it is sympathetic, but unapologetic.
Aflwydd
30Mar11
Reality is often more harrowing than any post-apocalyptic fantasy you can dream up. As a depiction of hell on earth (the only hell there is), there is few films that capture the horror of a society destroyed. When life is degraded to this level, our most animalistic tendencies will shine through.
Robert W Peabody III
13Nov09
Germany Year Zero (1948) Germania anno zero DIR Roberto Rossellini SCR Roberto Rossellini 71 Min A classic that lives up to the hype with a brutal magic
Alonso Díaz de la Vega
28Nov08
At first, it seems like the story of a boy dealing with neorealism itself, a new reality brought by war and its end, but the film brilliantly turns out to be a metaphor of the last remnants of nazism sacrificing themselves to let the vision of a new world commence.
Sean Schiavolin
28Jul08
A sad but relevant film dealing with the important issues of the modern world. A good look into the philosophical conflict over the value of human life, which we are still grappling with today.