Amrum

Shortly before the end of the war, mother-of-three Hille (Laura Tonke) still firmly believes in the final victory. Even on Amrum, life is anything but easy at the time. Her twelve-year-old son Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck) works every day with his best friend Hermann (Kian Köppke) in the fields of farmer Tessa (Diane Kruger), while the Allied bombers fly over their heads towards the German mainland to bring the enemy to its knees once and for all. But Nanning remains an outsider in the village. As a "newcomer" from the big city, he is met with suspicion and ridiculed at school. In addition, his heavily pregnant mother clings to the Führer with Nibelung loyalty, even when everyone has long known that there is nothing left to win. When the war really comes to an end and the news of Hitler's death reaches the island over the radio, Hille goes into labor.

Director: Fatih Akin (D/2024), German, 12+, 93 min.