Wunderkinder (2011) ( Wunder kinder )

Wunderkinder (2011) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Wunder kinder
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Markus Rosenmüller

Written By:
Artur Brauner
Stephen Glantz

Actors:
Gedeon Burkhard ..... Boris Brodsky
Natalia Avelon ..... Rachel Brodsky
Rolf Kanies ..... Oberst Tapilin
Michael Mendl ..... Aaron Kaplan
Gudrun Landgrebe ..... Irina Salomonowa
Catherine H. Flemming ..... Helga Reich
Kai Wiesinger ..... Max Reich
John Friedmann ..... SS-Sturmbannführer Becker
Brigitte Grothum ..... Hanna Reich im Alter
Ingo Naujoks ..... Lehrer
Mark Zak ..... Samuel Kaplan
Michael Brandner ..... Alexi
Konstantin Wecker ..... SS-Standartenführer Schwartow
Elin Kolev ..... Abrascha Kaplan
Imogen Burrell ..... Larissa Brodsky
Mathilda Adamik ..... Hanna Reich
Stefan Sieweke ..... SS - Mann 1
Mathias Eysen ..... Abrascha Kaplan im Alter
Kai Roloff ..... Patrouille

Synopsis:

A time of great uncertainty and turmoil exists for the people of Ukraine in 1941, with the divide between social and religious groups at an all-time high. During this dangerous period, Max and Helga Reich secretly arrange music lessons for their daughter Hanna to be conducted by two Jewish child prodigies Abrascha and Larissa, along with their teacher Irina. The Reich familys benevolent arrangement is a risky one - providing hope and survival for the three talented musicians in a blustering climate of Nazi domination. Their story is one of great division, not only between Germans and Jews but also between those who have the talent to succeed and those who do not. Despite her own diligence in practice and the support of the best teacher in town, German Hanna cannot match the brilliance of Abraschas musicianship leading to a deadly conflict of circumstance that will lead the Jewish children to literally play for their lives. In the tradition of Oscar winning greats The Pianist, Life Is Beautiful and The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, Wunderkinder is a triumph of human resilience, compassionately exploring a dark era of history through the wide-eyed innocence of youth.

Thanks to the Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact, Poltava, Ukraine, in 1941 was still a place where the fruits of civilization-in the case of Wunderkinder, music-flourished. Of course, all that changed when the Nazis invaded, and Marcus O. Rosenmüller's achievement is to evoke those pre- and post-invasion times through the eyes of three children, all of them gifted musicians. Pianist Larissa (Imogen Burell) and violinists Abrascha (Elin Kolev) and Hanna (Mathilda Adamik) share a great love of music and a friendship based on the joy they take from constant discovery-all three dream of playing Carnegie Hall one day. When the Nazis invade, the three of them-Larissa and Abrascha being Jewish and Hanna being German-find their friendship torn apart and their worlds collapsing through no fault of their own…. Rosenmüller's heartfelt drama is free of cliché and filmed with consummate skill. He gets great performances from his three lead actors and manages to upend audience expectations in surprising ways. Dedicated to the memory of the half-million children who perished in the Holocaust, Wunderkinder is a moving tribute to innocence.

The story takes place in the Ukraine (Poltava) in 1941 before and during the German invasion. This story is about deep friendship between three musically talented children . Two Jewish children both virtuosic and a talented German girl who share a love of music .. Their friendship extends beyond the gaps of different religions and nationalities, The Nazis invasion to the Soviet Union destroyed their world and they and their families deal with death threats War brings with it.

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