Germany year zero = Germania anno zero

Author

Roberto Rossellini

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

[Special ed.] ; Full screen version.

Languages

In German with English subtitles.

Performers

Edmund Meschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Martin Grüger, Erich Gühne.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A portrait of an obliterated Berlin as seen through the eyes of a 12-year old boy. Living in a bombed-out apartment building with his sick father and two older siblings, young Edmund is mostly left to wander unsupervised, getting ensnared in the black market schemes of a group of teenagers and coming under the nefarious influence of a Nazi-sympathizing ex-teacher.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

Special features: video introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963; Italian release opening credits and voice-over prologue; "Roberto Rossellini:" a 2001 documentary by assistant director Carlo Lizzani; "Letters from the front: Carlo Lizzano on Germany year zero" podium discussion; interview with Rossellini scholar Adrian Aprà; Italian directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani discussing the profound influence Rossellini's films have had on them; "Roberto and Roswitha:" an illustrated essay by film scholar Thomas Meder on Rossellini's relationship with his mistress Roswitha Schmidt; and more.