Dresden
starring: Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler, Heiner Lauterbach, Katharina Mainecke
directed by: Roland Suso Richter
directed by: Roland Suso Richter
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0741952650898
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Koch Vision
Manufacturer: Koch Vision
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Koch Vision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 05, 2008
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 7179
Studio: Koch Vision
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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In the fateful days leading up to the Allied bombings of Dresden Anna a hospital nurse discovers Robert Newman an injured English pilot hiding in the cellar. First thinking that he is a German deserter Anna helps the wounded man recover. But when she comes to realize his true identity she cannot bring herself to turn him in. As Anna struggles with her feelings and Robert battles to survive behind enemy lines an unforeseen fate descends on the doomed city.System Requirements:Running Time: 180 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE UPC: 741952650898 Manufacturer No: KOC-DV6508
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A love story set amidst the chaos and horror of World War II, Dresden tells the tale of a beautiful young German nurse who falls in love with an injured British pilot. Anna (Felicitas Woll) is engaged to a wealthy doctor, but she wants more than the bland certainty he can offer her. While on her rounds at the hospital, she discovers Robert (John Light), who is in hiding. Anna knows little about him and is initially unaware that he is a British soldier, and therefore her enemy. What starts as a quiet, private romance escalates into an affair that the couple has a difficult time containing. Woll and Light make beautiful leads, but it's the supporting characters who stand out. Dr. Carl Mauth (Heiner Lauterbach), Anna's father, is a complicated and compelling man who will resort to stealing morphine if his patients are in need. Watching his emotive face, viewers understand his intent without having to hear him speak. Dresden's filmmakers do a formidable job of presenting both the Brits and the Germans as flawed people who aren't sure what is right and wrong. Set in January, 1945, prior to the Allied bombings of Dresden, the German production team does a fine job of meshing soap opera type melodrama with feverish action. There are some scenes that are horrific and gruesome to watch. But more often than not, they succinctly set the tone for the violence that accompanies war. Though the three-hour miniseries (which offers both English and German with English subtitles) has been favorably compared with the epic love story portrayed in Titanic, it also shares some of the sweet aspects of Summer of My German Soldier, a 1978 made-for-TV movie that depicts the unlikely friendship between a young Jewish girl and a German POW. As with war, there sometimes is no explanation for love. It just happens. --Jae-Ha Kim
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- Falls apart at the end. So does Dresden.It does a good job of presenting the history without grinding any axes. And if you've ever wondered ... Read More
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- Lots of reading subtitles, but worth it...This was a good love story in a historical setting. I try to find films to watch for 'family movie night' ... Read More
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- Terrific viewingA WWII historical drama/romance well worth watching. Shows the unbelievable horror of one of the worst outrages ... Read More
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- should have been on the big screen..."Dresden" may have been a made as a TV mini-series, but it was clearly budgeted with formidable dollars behind it. ... Read More
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- Eine Nachdenkliche GeschichteAmazon recaps the plot outline so thoroughly there is no need to repeat it here. I will only say that this is a truly ... Read More
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