At the end of World War II, Nanning is just a boy but is forced to accept the role of head of the family because his dad has fallen into captivity and his mom is expecting another child. She also experiences a loss of faith in Nazi ideology and succumbs to despair. Nanning tries to fulfill his role as best he can, working on the farm, collecting wood on the seashore, learning to fish and hunt to ensure enough food for his siblings. His greatest dream is to fulfill his mother's great wish: to get a piece of white bread with butter and honey, a luxury that seems unattainable in the last days of the war. In trying to get these three things, he encounters the difficulties of losing his bicycle, finding a dead Allied pilot, and fleeing Germans from the approaching front. He also uncovers a dark secret hidden within his own family. In the end, he manages to get everything he wished for, acquiring a dream slice of bread and honey and butter for his mother. This seemingly small act, which is proof of love for Nanning, becomes a symbol of the end of childhood and the loss of illusions at a time when the old world is finally ending and the new is yet to be born.
The film is being shown under the banner of the Telegraph Film Club. If you are a member of our Film Club and therefore a card holder of the Association of Czech Film Clubs or ARTER card you are entitled to a 20,- CZK discount for this event. It can only be applied when purchasing tickets at the venue upon presentation of the card.
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Czech subtitles
Amrum
Drama / War / Historical
Germany, 2025, 93 min
Directed by Fatih Akin
Programme subject to change.
