The German Lesson (Deutschstunde): A Visual Poem About Pain
'The German Lesson' is about a conflict between art and dictatorship, how the Nazi supremacy turned a father into a cruel man with no feelings. It is an eye-catching adaptation of a German post-war novel written by Siegfried Lenz. The German Lesson (2019) Genres: Drama, German Film, War Cast: Levi Eisenblätter, Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti It occurs during World War II, in a German detention camp, where a 17-year-old boy is being forced to write an essay about 'The Joys of Duty'. Unfortunately, he has no good memories about 'duty' (or his father's duty), nothing good to write about it. He remembers (metaphorically) the paintings burning on the shoreline, that's how we get a flashback of his painful memories from childhood, and the story begins. The protagonist is shown as a little boy, Siggi Jepsen (Levi Eisenblätter), his father Jens Jepsen (Ulrich Noethen) is a policeman and is worse than strict. Siggi has two siblings. Hilke Jepsen (Maria Dragus) i...