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Germany, Switzerland · 2019
1h 59m
Director Caroline Link
Starring Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci, Carla Juri, Marinus Hohmann
Genre Drama
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Anna and her Jewish family must flee Germany, which is under the control of the Nazis. Facing persecution, the family heads to Switzerland, France and England. The horrors of the leadup to the Second World War are captured through the eyes of an innocent child full of spirit and life in this story of adaptation and perseverance.
Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
Director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) brings handsome period production values and a lyrical, restrained sensibility to a narrative that might not qualify as riveting, but exerts its own unmistakable emotional pull.
The reality of Nazi Germany and its looming atrocities feels as if it exists only beyond the edges of the film’s frame.
In this bright, engaging film, Kerr’s story is faithfully and lovingly preserved, though its tougher, quirkier details are mollified by a layer of palatable movie gloss.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
The film strains to inject even a modicum of drama.
An insightful tribute to the life and legacy of musical genius Ludwig ("Louis") van Beethoven.