Lore

The fascinating and visually stunning new WWII-era film, Lore, features a protagonist whose perspective is one not usually heard from in the genre. The movie, an Australian-German coproduction directed by Aussie filmmaker Cate Shortland, takes place in Germany in the immediate aftermath of the war—Hitler has just committed suicide. Lore (played by Saskia Rosendahl), the titular character, is rushed off to a house in the countryside by her Nazi parents, who realize that they will soon face recriminations and imprisonment by the occupying Allied forces. Their fears soon prove founded, as Lore’s father (Hans-Jochen Wagner) disappears and her mother (Ursina...  read more