Germany, Year Zero

Germania anno zero (aka Deutschland im Jahre Null)

The final part of Rossellini’s war trilogy divided audiences at the time, while Chaplin called it “the most beautiful Italian film” he'd ever seen.

  • Director

    Roberto Rossellini

  • With

    Edmund Meschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hintze, Franz Krüger

  • Italy-West Germany-France 1948. 73min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

A young boy, adrift in the wreckage of post-war Berlin, struggles to survive and provide for his family. He learns to navigate the black market and is subjected to the ill-fated influence of a Nazi ex-teacher. Rossellini’s unstinting account of a society stripped of values reveals the inner wounds left by war and the psychological impact of the ideology that had instigated it.

Restored in 2013 by Cineteca di Bologna and CSC- Cineteca Nazionale at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of Cinecittà. Contains scenes that some may find disturbing.

Joint ticket available with the screenings of Paisà and Rome, Open City on Sunday 19 May £25.50, concessions £19.50 (Members pay £3 less).

Also available on BFI Player