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Strand Releases ‘A Woman in Berlin’

3 Sep, 2009 By: Billy Gil

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Street Date: 11/10
Prebook Date: 10/13
Studio: Strand Releasing
Price/Format: $27.99 DVD
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One of the most controversial films of the year, adored by the stuffier critics such as those of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, A Woman in Berlin tells a tough story. It takes place in 1945, during the Red Army invasion of Berlin near the end of World War II, during which there was widespread rape of German women by soldiers. Anonyma (Nina Hoss) is a journalist and photographer who decides to take matters into her own hands by starting a complex relationship with an officer who can protect her. The film was directed by Max Färberböck, based on a book written anonymously (the writer was later said to be as Marta Hillers, after her death).
 

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