Alone in berlin was first screened at the berlin film festival in february 2016. Alone in berlin, a fictionalized account of reallife antinazi resistance fighters otto and elise hampel, is not perfect. Alone in berlin brendan gleeson and emma thompson bring some stoic dignity to a conservatively told true story of nazi resistance. Alone in berlin proceeds like a train crossing a plain.
Alone in berlin movie trailer emma thompson youtube. Valiant alone in berlin is slow but worthy of attention. The film stars emma thompson, brendan gleeson, daniel bruhl, and mikael persbrandt. An act of rebellion, blandly told in alone in berlin. Belatedly published in 2009 under the english title alone in berlin, its actually been filmed. Based on real events, the story opens in a small flat in berlin where otto quangel brendan gleeson and his wife anna emma thompson learn that their son has died in battle. The only thing exciting about alone in berlin is the fact. When alone in berlin reaches the end of its journey, its the performances of gleeson and thompson that ensure well never forget the bravery of otto and.
Brendan gleeson and emma thompson in alone in berlin photograph. City of angels who evidently equates serious with drab. Otto and anna quangel brendan gleeson and emma thompson are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. Alone in berlin stars brendan gleeson and emma thompson as an ordinary middleaged working class couple, otto and anna quangel, just trying to. Emma thompson, brendan gleeson, daniel bruhl, vincent perez.
Emma thompson, brendan gleeson, daniel bruhl, mikael persbrandt, louis hofmann, katharina schuttler. Alone in berlin ist ein film des regisseurs vincent. Alone in berlin was cowritten and directed by vincent perez, a swiss actor best known in the u. Alone in berlin is the true story of otto and anna quangel, an ordinary working class couple living in berlin in 1940. January, 2017 in 1940, german soldier hans quangel louis hofmann is killed in action during the french campaign. How did an ordinary, middleaged couple become a symbol of defiance against nazi brutality. Principal photography began on 27 march 2015 in berlin. For a film about a time and place where there was danger on all sides, alone in berlin fails to generate any urgency or tension. Opening in theaters and vod january th directed by.
Emma thompson, known to harry potter fans as the flighty professor trelawney, spoke to the sydney morning herald about her current film, alone in. Brendan gleeson and emma thompson take a defiant stand against hitler in the new u. Proving that there are no such things as tiny acts of rebellion, the film casts gleeson and thompson as otto and elise hampel, a re. Emma thompson is very good as the loyal mother and wife who supports her husbands in everyway. Emma thompson stars in true story of german couple that staged their own personal resistance in wwii emma thompson and brendan gleeson fight back in wwii drama alone in berlin. Emma thompson talks alone in berlin and propoganda, past. Thompson recently signed on to robert redfords long gestating comedy drama a walk in the woods and is on screens now in the love punch. In this affecting drama, brendan gleeson and emma thompson play a grieving husband and wife who. Against this, the film offers a fascinating and timely blueprint for political dissent, a methodology that connects with pamphleteering, graffiti. Without twists or turns, hills or valleys, its dramatic engine chugs reliably forward, delivering its cargo of world war ii tragedy. Emma thompson, brendan gleeson and rush star daniel bruhl have begun shooting on alone in berlin, the new adaptation of the bestselling novel by late german author hans fallada. Emma thompson brings nazi resistance true story to berlin. Emma thompson, daniel bruhl, brendan gleeson alone in berlin official trailer 1 2017 brendan gleeson movie berlin, 1940. Unfortunately, thats not enough to pull the viewer in.
The 2016 film adaptation of alone in berlin by swiss actor turned director vincent perez, 51, stars irishman brendan gleeson, 60, and london native emma thompson, 56, as. In a long marriage that is under strain, the news pushes them further apart as they cannot console each other in grief. Despite a terrific triumvirate of performances from gleeson, thompson, and bruhl, and soft lensing from cinematographer christophe beaucarne, alone in berlin is hampered by stodgy pacing, budgetary constraints, and drab interiors. His parents, otto and anna brendan gleeson and emma thompson, are devastated by the loss and their bereavement is unmollified by the joyful hysteria at germanys victory. In this affecting drama, brendan gleeson and emma thompson play a grieving husband and wife who embark on dangerous acts of. Watch on ifc films unlimited with prime video channels. Brendan gleeson and emma thompson keep this film afloat. Emma thompson was born on april 15, 1959 in paddington, london, into a family of actors father eric thompson and mother phyllida law, who has costarred with thompson in several films. Everything you need to know about alone in berlin movie. Hans falladas book was compulsive reading, and this film, with superb performances from emma thompson and brendan gleeson, brings the sinister, fearful atmosphere in nazidominated berlin in 1940 to life. After a nazi german working class couple loses their son in world war ii, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in berlin denouncing their government. Emma thompson, brendan gleeson movie alone in berlin. Marcel hartmanx filme filmed with competence rather than actual verve, alone in berlin works just about.
A german couple dedicate themselves to tiny acts of civil. Alone in berlin official trailer i hd i ifc films youtube. Alone in berlin official trailer video dailymotion. Emma thompson on new film alone in berlin, global warming. Marcel hartmanx filme filmed with competence rather than actual verve, alone in berlin works. Emma thompson brings nazi resistance true story to berlin fest alone in berlin is based on 47 book about anna and otto quangel, a working class couple who defied the nazis with antiwar. Starring emma thompson, brendan gleeson, and daniel bruhl. Emma thompson wants you to get to know her son tindys story for world refugee day 2015 part 1 duration. Alone in berlin official trailer 1 2017 brendan gleeson movie. A grieving german couple sets out to undermine the nazi movement brendan gleeson and emma thompson deliver strong performances, but.
This truelife tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of berlin in 1940. London alone in berlin, which stars emma thompson, brendan gleeson and daniel bruhl, will start to shoot on friday on location in berlin, cologne and gorlitz, germany. Emma thompson, brendan gleeson and daniel bruhl star in this adaptation of hans falladas wwii novel, directed by vincent perez. With emma thompson, brendan gleeson, daniel bruhl, mikael persbrandt. Brendan gleeson and emma thompson launch a small but fierce antihitler campaign in the new international trailer for the wwii drama alone in berlin. Alone in berlin 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Culture film features emma thompson on new film alone in berlin, global warming and getting out of her comfort zone. Working class couple otto and anna quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the nazi regime in their very own way. Her father was englishborn and her mother is scottishborn. Alone in berlin after learning of their sons death on the battlefield, a grieving berlin couple embark on a quietly dangerous act of resistance against adolf hitler. Based on the international bestseller by hans fallada, alone in berlin shines the light on two ordinary german people who made an extraordinary impact. The film, based on the international bestselling book by hans fallada which was published in 1947 and is considered as one of the first ant.
Brendan gleeson and emma thompson star in this period drama based on a postwar. Alone in berlin starring emma thompson, brendan gleeson. In theory, the relationship between otto and anna should be the heart of the movie, but perez has gleeson and thompson perform in opposing registers. Alone in berlin is a 2016 war drama film directed by vincent perez and written by perez and. Emma thompson stars in alone in berlin about a german couple who work on an anti hitler campaign in world war ii marcel hartmann. Otto and anna quangel are a working class husband and wife doing. Otto and anna quangel brendan gleeson and emma thompson are a working class husband and wif. Emma thompson on new film alone in berlin, global warming and. Alone in berlin 2017 stream and watch online moviefone. Brendan gleeson, emma thompson, daniel bruhl how did.
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