Lore

This is one of my favorite films. It is beautiful and captivating. I will say that Lore is for a specific audience. If you are interested in psychology and Germany during and after WW2, and enjoy dark dramas then you will love this film. It is a very specific taste you will either fall in love or you will be disturbed.

This movie is brilliant! Its not too often i run into movies from the German perspective. Such an intense movie that will have you sucked in even hours after its finished! The end left me...well, see for yourself, i don't want to ruin it or give anything away. I will definitely be purchasing this movie to add to my collection!

An excellent production with a unique storyline. Professional acting by the cast of children. A few weak spots in the story cause questions (why did the mother need to leave?) and a bump down from five stars to four, but as a representation of the general experience of some portion of German children at the end of the war, it's well worth watching.

Decent film with a great story line. However, there are some gaps in the story line that leave you wondering how we got there.

One of the best films I've seen about Germany & the effects of war. This is a keeper as I purchased after viewing & also showing to my film club.I highly recommend seeing this film possibly a couple of times. Cinematographic is outstanding & the acting superb.

A powerful and thought-provoking movie but the end leaves things unresolved, perhaps intentionally.

Highly recommended movie, especially for World War II buffs!

This is a great piece of drama in which you don't have to injection a suspension of disbelief to envision the events as true or actually happening. As others have said the film is beautifully photographed with great acting by Saskia Rosenthal. She plays the 14yo daughter Hannelore Dressler, LORE for short, whose Nazi parents abandon her and four siblings as the Allies close in at the end of WWII, and the parents realize they will be prosecuted and imprisoned. The father simply disappears without further ado, while the mother gives LORE a feeble explanation of being sent to some camp. She leaves Lore a small amount of money and the jewelry she acquired over her lifetime, imploring her to use it to buy food, shelter and transportation for her and her siblings to reach their maternal grandmother's in the country near Hamburg. Considering that Lore's youngest brother was still breastfeeding when his mother abandoned the children, it is up to the now 14yo matriarch of this five person band to see them through. Ms Rosenthal gives a superbly believable and highly emotionally charged performance. That is the basic plot, but what happens along the way to Lore and her siblings is what truly makes this story come alive. Her ingenuity in employing ways of keeping her family alive is amazing. For all those loving drama this will keep you enthralled from beginning to end.