A documentary. Thefilm describes the phenomenon of mass destruction of the German civilian population and German cities by massive Allied air raids during World WarTwo Two.
The film is inspired by German writer W.G. Sebald’s 1999 book of the same title.
A feature film. the e end of WWII is fast approaching and 16-year-old Günter, a member of the Hitler Youth, still believes in a German victory. He is drafted into Nazi Germany’s last-ditch effort to resist the approaching Soviet Army. When he is captured and accused of killing a Soviet forced laborer, Günter faces an intense psychological crisis. Heiner Carow’s semi-autobiographical film was not approved for final production. Officials argued it focused on an ordinary Nazi follower, rather than an antifascist hero, and that it was “contaminated with modernism.” The film, which includes clips from the Nazi...