If Not Us, Who
- Original title
- Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who)
- Year
- 2011
- Running time
- 124 min.
- Country
- Germany
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Andres Veiel. Story: Gerd Koenen
- Cast
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- August Diehl
- Lena Lauzemis
- Susanne Lothar
- Alexander Fehling
- Rainer Bock
- Sebastian Blomberg
- Thomas Thieme
- Imogen Kogge
- Michael Wittenborn
- Vicky Krieps
- Christina Hecke
- Maria-Victoria Drăguș
- Martin Butzke
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Historical. Terrorism. 1960s
- Synopsis
- In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past. Gudrun, too, vehemently questions her own father's role during Hitler's Third Reich. Sensitive to the increasing restlessness of the times, the fiery couple lash out at the conformism and denial around them. After their tumultuous relationship nearly ends due to Bernward's infidelities, they start anew with a move to West Berlin in 1964. Joining forces with leftist writers and political activists, they become part of the spreading global uprising: "If not us, who; If not now, when?" But discontentment with the world takes its toll on their tumultuous relationship. By the late 60s, Gudrun has joined rebellious Andreas Baader's pro-violence cause and Bernward risks his sanity by using psychedelic drugs in his struggles to finally write the novel committed to changing the world... Based on the emotional true story of an explosive era.
- Awards
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2011: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection2011: Sevilla Film Festival: 2nd Best Film, Best Actor (August Diehl)2010: German Film Awards: Film Award in Bronze
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