World war 2 ended in 1945, both the Japanese and the Germans vanquished and subject to the victors. Last week I saw "Emperor" which relates to the immediate occupation of Japan and whether Emperor Hirohito should be tried for war crimes.
This movie, "Lore", is quite different. It is about a German family of 5 children forced to fend for themselves as their Nazi father and mother are taken to some sort of camp. Before the mother goes, voluntarily to avoid death, she gives the oldest whatever money she had, and a few other valuables, instructing her "If I am not back in 3 days travel to Hamburg and find your grandmother."
Young actress Saskia Rosendahl, about 18 during filming, is Hannelore, but just called "Lore". In an instant she has to grow up and become the head of the family, attending to her younger sister and three younger brothers, one still nursing. She has to find her way to grandmother's while avoiding capture or death in her country, different parts occupied by the Polish, the English, and the Americans.
It isn't an easy journey and not all survive. They meet a young man who first seems a threat but ends up helping them by claiming to be their brother. He had stolen the credentials of a dead Jew and used them for himself because he had heard Americans liked Jews.
This certainly is Lore's story, about how she dealt with the loss of her parents and loss of her country as she knew it. There is a telling scene at the very end that puts it all in perspective. Good movie, often hard to watch. German with English subtitles on Netflix streaming movies.
SPOILERS: Finally safe at grandmother's Lore is clearly still upset with everything she saw and experienced. Grandmother was acting as if everything had returned to normal, even fussing at the young boy for poor table manners. Lore went into the bedroom, one by one took each china figurine and smashed it with her shoe. It was her way to say "Everything is not normal, it never will be, and let us not pretend it is."
This movie, "Lore", is quite different. It is about a German family of 5 children forced to fend for themselves as their Nazi father and mother are taken to some sort of camp. Before the mother goes, voluntarily to avoid death, she gives the oldest whatever money she had, and a few other valuables, instructing her "If I am not back in 3 days travel to Hamburg and find your grandmother."
Young actress Saskia Rosendahl, about 18 during filming, is Hannelore, but just called "Lore". In an instant she has to grow up and become the head of the family, attending to her younger sister and three younger brothers, one still nursing. She has to find her way to grandmother's while avoiding capture or death in her country, different parts occupied by the Polish, the English, and the Americans.
It isn't an easy journey and not all survive. They meet a young man who first seems a threat but ends up helping them by claiming to be their brother. He had stolen the credentials of a dead Jew and used them for himself because he had heard Americans liked Jews.
This certainly is Lore's story, about how she dealt with the loss of her parents and loss of her country as she knew it. There is a telling scene at the very end that puts it all in perspective. Good movie, often hard to watch. German with English subtitles on Netflix streaming movies.
SPOILERS: Finally safe at grandmother's Lore is clearly still upset with everything she saw and experienced. Grandmother was acting as if everything had returned to normal, even fussing at the young boy for poor table manners. Lore went into the bedroom, one by one took each china figurine and smashed it with her shoe. It was her way to say "Everything is not normal, it never will be, and let us not pretend it is."