Christian Petzold's postwar drama follows a Holocaust survivor who returns, disfigured, to Berlin. Nina Hoss is astonishing, and the film's final scene is one of modern cinema's great emotional payoffs.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (22,548 votes)
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