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The German Friend (2012)

Original title: El amigo alemán

2012-09-18 · 1h 40m · ES
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It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.

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Jeanine MeerapfelDirector, Writer

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Celeste CidCeleste CidSulamit LöwensteinMax RiemeltMax RiemeltFriedrich BurgBenjamin SadlerBenjamin SadlerMichael TendlerHartmut BeckerHartmut BeckerHerr Werner KunheimJoaquín BertholdJoaquín BertholdPolacoJean Pierre NoherJean Pierre NoherPhilipp LöwensteinSebastián MogordoySebastián MogordoyEnfermero 2Daniel FanegoDaniel FanegoFernán MirásFernán MirásKatja AlemannKatja AlemannVíctor Hugo CarrizoVíctor Hugo CarrizoNicolás GoldschmidtNicolás Goldschmidt

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Genre affinityDrama · RomanceTheme affinityWoman DirectorMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference478930

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It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.

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The German Friend has a runtime of 100 minutes.

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