Lore (film)
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| Directed by | Cate Shortland |
| Produced by | Karsten Stöter Liz Watts Paul Welsh Benny Drechsel |
| Written by | Robin Mukherjee Cate Shortland |
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The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert |
| Starring |
Saskia Rosendahl Philip Wiegratz Kai Malina Nele Trebs Ursina Lardi |
| Music by | Max Richter |
| Cinematography | Adam Arkapaw |
| Edited by | Veronika Jenet |
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| Distributed by | Transmission Films (AUS) Piffl Medien (GER) Artificial Eye (UK) |
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109 minutes |
| Country | Australia Germany United Kingdom |
| Language | German English |
| Budget | EUR €4.3 million |
| Box office | USD $970,325 |
Lore is a 2012 German-British-Australian historical drama art film based on Rachel Seiffert's much awarded novel The Dark Room, with the screenplay written by British screenwriter Robin Mukherjee and the film's director, Cate Shortland.
In southwestern Germany, during the immediate aftermath of World War II, five destitute siblings must travel 900 km to their grandmother's home in Husum Bay near Hamburg after their high-level Nazi parents disappear in the face of certain arrest by Allied Forces. Along the way, they encounter a variety of other Germans, some of whom are helpful while others are antagonistic. Eventually they meet up with a young man who has been pretending to be Thomas, a young Jewish concentration camp survivor, who joins their group and becomes their unofficial guardian.
The return of the Nazi officer father towards the end of World War II upsets the family household in Southern Germany. They pack in a rush, kill the family dog and flee their stately home to hide-out in a secluded cabin in a clearing in the woods in the Black Forest. Lore's mother carefully wraps a porcelain figurine of a deer to take with them.
Lore's father leaves for destinations unknown and with the news of the death of Adolf Hitler, her mother is aware of the fact she will be arrested too, and goes off to a camp voluntarily, abandoning her five children and leaving Lore in charge with instructions to go to her grandmother Omi's house in Husum near Hamburg. Before leaving, Lore's mother gives her all of her jewellery and some money for the train tickets. After the neighbors are no longer willing to sell them any food, Günther is caught stealing so Lore decides it's time to leave. Unfortunately the trains are no longer running so they have to leave all their belongings behind and start their 900 km journey on foot.
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