They quickly decide to flee to Switzerland, leaving with only with a few suitcases. The film then follows the family's exile through Europe. Her father is a renowned journalist who has published articles criticizing Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.Īnna's father is also aware that the family is in danger because they are Jewish. Anna lives with her parents (played by Carla Juri and Oliver Masucci) and her older brother (Marinus Hohmann) in Berlin.
The story takes off just before Germany's elections of March 1933, which are to bring the Nazis to power.
1 hit comedy of the year, The Boy Needs Some Fresh Air, also titled All About Me. The film was directed by Caroline Link, best-known for her Oscar-winning film, Nowhere in Africa (2001). When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit celebrated its world premiere in Berlin on Sunday, and will be released throughout Germany on December 26. Read more: Artists After the Escape: Finding home in a foreign land Fleeing Germany with just a few belongings Image: Sommerhaus/Warner Bros. The novel had already been adapted into a German TV movie in 1978 now, almost half a century later, a new adaptation has been made for the big screen. It was originally published in English, and came out two years later in German, translated by Annemarie Böll, the wife of Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll. The semi-autobiographical book was not only required reading in many schools in Germany, it was also read by many adults. Many people are familiar with this scene, having read it in Judith Kerr's well-known 1971 novel for children, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. Should she pick her beloved pink rabbit or her oldest stuffed animal, the one she's had since her earliest childhood? With a heavy heart, the nine-year-old finally decides to leave her rabbit behind in Berlin.įrom then on, the rabbit dominates Anna's thoughts, as her family flees the Nazis via Zurich, and then Paris, to finally land in London. Her parents will only allow her to take one single stuffed toy with her to Switzerland.
Anna (Riva Krymalowski) is on the verge of tears.
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