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Lore
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.
2012 · Directed by Cate Shortland · 109 min · Drama · War · Thriller · 19 frames
Tagline
When your life is a lie who can you trust?
Crew
- Screenplay: Cate Shortland, Robin Mukherjee
- Cinematography: Adam Arkapaw
- Edited by: Veronika Jenet
- Music: Max Richter
- Production design: Silke Fischer
- Produced by: Karsten Stöter, Liz Watts, Paul Welsh, Benny Drechsel
Cast
- Saskia Rosendahl as Lore
- Kai-Peter Malina as Thomas
- Nele Trebs as Liesel
- Ursina Lardi as Mom
- Hans-Jochen Wagner as Dad
- Mika Seidel as Jürgen
- André Frid as Günter
- Eva-Maria Hagen as Grandma
- Mike Veidner as Young German Soldier
- Nick Holaschke as Baby Peter
Production
- Country: Australia, Germany, United Kingdom
- Language: Russian, English, German
- Studios: Edge City Films, Porchlight Films, Rohfilm
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $970,000
- Themes: sibling relationship, nazi, germany, world war ii, post world war ii, woman director, nazism, 1940s, mother daughter relationship, children in wartime
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