The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019 · 125 min · DE · 6.5 (42 votes)
Dir. Christian Schwochow · Starring Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter, Tom Gronau, Johanna Wokalek, Sonja Richter · Music Lorenz Dangel
Drama

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

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This film feels like a quiet, somber examination of moral compromise. It's a heavy, introspective drama that lingers, forcing you to confront difficult questions about duty and conscience in a world irrevocably changed by war.

somberintrospectiveheavythought-provokingslow-burnperiod dramaarthousecharacter-drivenmoralitydutyconsciencewartime guilt
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