A Woman in Berlin (film)

A Woman in Berlin German Anonyma Eine Frau in Berlin , known as The Downfall of Berlin Anonyma in the UK, is a 2008 German film directed by Max Frberbck, starring Nina Hoss and Eugeny Sidikhin. It is based on the memoir, Eine Frau in Berlin, published anonymously in 1959 in German, with a new edition in 2003. It was also published in English in 1954 and 2005, and in seven other languages.

In the waning days of World War II, an assortment of women, children and elderly men struggle to survive in Berlin, cast out of their formerly middleclass lives.The Red Army arrives, defeating the last German defense. Its soldiers rape women of any age as they occupy the city. After being raped by a number of Soviet soldiers, the films anonymous woman, a German journalist played by actress Nina Hoss, petitions the battalions commanding officer for an alliance and protection. After initially rejecting her, the married officer Andrei Rybkin Eugeny Sidikhin is gradually seduced by the beautiful but battered German woman. She has a cool, practical approach to her life and has been part of an informal community that developed among survivors in her apartment building. ........

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