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Dresden (2006)

Starring: Felicitas Woll, John Light Director: Roland Suso Richter Rating: Unrated Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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A love story set amidst the chaos and horror of World War II, Dresden tells the tale of a beautiful young German nurse who falls in love with an injured British pilot. Anna (Felicitas Woll) is engaged to a wealthy doctor, but she wants more than the bland certainty he can offer her. While on her rounds at the hospital, she discovers Robert (John Light), who is in hiding. Anna knows little about him and is initially unaware that he is a British soldier, and therefore her enemy. What starts as a quiet, private romance escalates into an affair that the couple has a difficult time containing. Woll and Light make beautiful leads, but it's the supporting characters who stand out. Dr. Carl Mauth (Heiner Lauterbach), Anna's father, is a complicated and compelling man who will resort to stealing morphine if his patients are in need. Watching his emotive face, viewers understand his intent without having to hear him speak. Dresden's filmmakers do a formidable job of presenting both the Brits and the Germans as flawed people who aren't sure what is right and wrong. Set in January, 1945, prior to the Allied bombings of Dresden, the German production team does a fine job of meshing soap opera type melodrama with feverish action. There are some scenes that are horrific and gruesome to watch. But more often than not, they succinctly set the tone for the violence that accompanies war. Though the three-hour miniseries (which offers both English and German with English subtitles) has been favorably compared with the epic love story portrayed in Titanic, it also shares some of the sweet aspects of Summer of My German Soldier, a 1978 made-for-TV movie that depicts the unlikely friendship between a young Jewish girl and a German POW. As with war, there sometimes is no explanation for love. It just happens. --Jae-Ha Kim


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January, 1945. In the uncertain days leading up to the Allied bombings of Dresden, Anna (Felicitas Woll) discovers Robert Newman (John Light), an injured British pilot, hiding in a hospital cellar. Torn between loyalty and desire, the young nurse risks everything to help him recover. As Anna struggles to keep his true identity a secret and Robert battles to survive behind enemy lines, a catastrophic fate descends upon the city.

DVD Extras:
Making-of Featurette, Archival Military Footage of the Dresden bombings


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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening Dresden's Day of Horror, January 28, 2008
By Ronald D. Hawkins (Martinsville, Ind.) - See all my reviews
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I made a last minute decision to watch this on the History International channel. It's one of the best TV decisions I've made in a long time.
This is a fabulous tale of the horrors of war, humanity of all sides in a conflict and romance.
You can feel the horror building as the British planes approach Dresden and see the horror of the devastating firestorm following the massive bombings as more than 25,000 civilians were killed.
There is tenderness here, too. The characters are multi-dimensional. Even those we think have done terrible things, we know are conflicted and in at least case seek penance.
The photography and special effects are stunning.
I'll have to save my nickles and dimes to buy this one.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Production - looks like a 100 million-dollar movie!, January 9, 2008
I got to see part of "Dresden" while in Germany last year and was very impressed with its authenticity and devotion to detail. I know that some of the effects were digitally accomplished, but the acting and sets were terrific, too. My German isn't the best, so I'm looking forward to purchasing the DVD set, which will be subtitled in English. I understand that there will be some great DVD "extras" about the making of the movie, too.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Well Done, January 29, 2008
By D. Patterson "D. Patterson" (Northfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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We love documentaries and accurate historical fiction, and thoroughly enjoyed this program on the History channel. Since we missed the first hour plus, I was happy to see this is now available on DVD, and pre-ordered it immediately. It was extremely well thought out, the characters were engaging and believable, yet the historical details were carefully crafted and well done. Highly recommended. Also recommended about WWII: Band of Brothers; The War.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely dissapointed
The plot of the movie is absolutely trivial - most of it deals with the romance between a pilot of one of the bombers that was shot-down and a german nurse. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Fernandez

5.0 out of 5 stars Dresden is a must see!
An excellent movie that captures the horror, conflict, and destruction of war. I had never heard of John Light before, but he was awesome. Same is true for Felicitas Woll. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. Radford

4.0 out of 5 stars Dresden Bombing: a Romantic Drama
Impressively done Brit-German anti-war TV-movie about WW II bombing of the German city of Dresden. The cast has many fine performers. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Hupp

4.0 out of 5 stars Dresden
A good film based on a lot of facts. It shows again how this war could have been avoided, if the apeasers hadn't catered to Hitler.
Published 6 months ago by Christa J. Kisling

3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately some historical problems
I thought that this would be an interesting film. I have read two books about the Hamburg firestorm in 1943 and one book on the Dresden firestorm. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Wayne A. Brofka

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment for a German Production
Silly and somewhat non-forthcoming, this German production leaves this viewer surprised and disappointed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by TM

5.0 out of 5 stars Dresden Horror
This film, along with Stalingrad, are probably the 2 most realistic movies that I have viewed about World War 2. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Jeffrey Alan Casaly

4.0 out of 5 stars "Titanic" on land
As a previous reviewer has noted, the plot of this German made-for-television movie is almost identical to the plot of "Titanic": An unlikely romance between two attractive young... Read more
Published 12 months ago by David C. Read

5.0 out of 5 stars Dresden
Sad but exellent. I was in Dresden and can still feel the present of so much wasted lives.
Exellent history movie.
Published 13 months ago by Elklett

3.0 out of 5 stars Recommend with hesitation
Learning what the devastation was like was real but the love life of the main characters needs modifying seemed just thrown in and exploited to sell the show and it didn't need... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Trisha

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