Project Detail

Lore

Synopsis

Spring 1945. As the German front collapses, the Allied forces take control of Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 14-year-old Lore is left alone in charge of her four young siblings. The only place they can go is their grandmother’s house, 900km north. Embarking on a journey across the devastated country, the children struggle to survive, slowly realizing the reality and consequences of their parents’ actions. When Thomas, a young Jewish refugee, offers his help, Lore has to learn to trust a person whom she had always been told was the enemy.

Details

Year: 2012
Type of project: Features
Running time: 109 mins
Director: Cate Shortland
Producer: Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter, Liz Watts, Paul Welsh
Editor: Veronika Jenet
Screenwriter: Robin Mukherjee
Director of Photography: Adam Arkapaw
Production Designer: Jochen Dehn, Silke Fischer
Composer: Max Richter
Principal cast: Saskia Rosendahl, Trebs, André Frid, Mika Seidel, Kai-Peter Malina

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Edge City Films

41 St Vincent Place
Glasgow
G2 1ER
UK
Tel: +44 (0)141 221 5290

cult@digicult.co.uk

Porchlight Films

Ste 31
94 Oxford St
Darlinghurst
NSW 2010
Australia
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Fax: +61 2 9357 1479

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Rohfilm

Schwedenstr. 14
Berlin 13357
Germany
Tel: +49 30 499 19 8880
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Sales Company

Memento Films

9 Cité Paradis
75010 Paris
France

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