Amrum

On the remote German Wadden Sea island of Amrum, there is a shortage of everything in the final weeks of the Second World War. As the 'man of the house', twelve-year-old Nanning must do everything in his power to provide food for his heavily pregnant mother, his little brother and sister, and his aunt. Despite all the hardships, life on the beautiful, windy island feels almost like a paradise. But when peace finally arrives, Nanning struggles with his parents' Nazi convictions and the opponents on the island. Amrum is a poignant coming-of-age story by the German director Fatih Akin. The film is inspired by the childhood memories of Akin's friend and mentor Hark Bohm, who wrote the novel of the same name. In Amrum, he returns to 1945 and examines how the legacy of Nazism continues to have an effect. In Germany, Amrum was a huge success and one of Fatih Akin's most-watched films. Fatih Akin (1973) is the most prominent German-Turkish director of the moment. He made his international breakthrough with his fierce and moving drama ‘Gegen die Wand’ (2004). In his films, Akin combines raw realism with humour, music and strong emotions, focusing on identity, origin, love, family and the search for a place between different