Characters & Themes
Zero Hour (1977) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1977 · 108 mins · German
- Directed by
- Edgar Reitz
- Starring
- Kai Taschner, Herbert Weißbach, Erika Wackernagel, Erich Kleiber, Anette Jünger, Günter Schimann
Set in July 1945, as American forces withdraw from Saxony and Thuringia and the Red Army assumes control, a modest village near Leipzig confronts the sudden shift in power. Its residents grapple with the uncertainty of a new regime, striving to adapt their daily lives to the Soviet occupation.
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