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GERMANY PALE MOTHER

Deutschland bleiche Mutter

Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms
West Germany, 1980
Drama, History, Avant-Garde
  • 152152 minutes

Synopsis

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.

Synopsis

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.