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| Germany, Year Zero | |
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| Italian | Germania anno zero |
| Directed by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Written by | Roberto Rossellini Max Kolpé Carlo Lizzani |
| Produced by | Salvo D'Angelo Roberto Rossellini |
| Starring | Edmund Moeschke Ernst Pittschau Ingetraud Hinze Franz-Otto Krüger Erich Gühne |
| Cinematography | Robert Juillard |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production companies | Produzione Salvo D'Angelo and Tevere Film |
| Distributed by | G.D.B. Film |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
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| Languages | German English French |
| Budget | $115,000[2] |
Germany, Year Zero (Italian: Germania anno zero) is a 1948 film directed by Roberto Rossellini, and is the final film in Rossellini's unofficial war film trilogy, following Rome, Open City and Paisà. Germany Year Zero takes place in Allied-occupied Germany, unlike the others, which take place in German-occupied Rome and during the Allied invasion of Italy, respectively.
As in many neorealist films, Rossellini used mainly local, non-professional actors. He filmed on locations in Berlin and intended to convey the reality in Germany the year after its near total destruction in World War II. It contains dramatic images of bombed out Berlin and of the human struggle for survival following the destruction of Nazi Germany. When explaining his ideas about realism in an interview, he said, "realism is nothing other than the artistic form of truth."[3]
- ^ "Germania, Anno Zero (1948)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Gallagher. p. 244.
- ^ Gallagher, Tag (Winter 1988). "NR = MC2: Rossellini, 'Neo-Realism,' and Croce". Film History. 2 (1). Indiana University Press: 87–97. JSTOR 3814951.