Saskia Rosendahl is Lore, a strong willed teenage German girl, who, due to the circumstances of the end of World War II must travel with a young sister, two little boy brothers, and an infant brother, after her mother and father leave them rather abruptly at the beginning of the film. On foot they venture through the Black Forest, scrounging for food, often begging from strangers along the way. They meet Thomas, a Jewish war camp refugee who helps them survive. This is a slow moving and bleak story, which is no surprise, given the subject matter. The saving grace is the wonderful and elegant performance by Miss Rosendahl. She is completely believable as the adolescent who must grow up very quickly. Although it is well worn territory, Lore is an interesting perspective on wartime Germany.
