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The German Friend

5.4(17)20121h 40m2

It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.

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Language
German
  • woman director

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Argentina, Germany

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical13 Oct 2012
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical18 Sept 2012
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1213 Oct 2012

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The German Friend was released on 18 September 2012.

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