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Released last year.
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Amrum
2025 1h 33m DE
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7.2
SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 106
DramaWar
Synopsis
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On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own path.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jasper Billerbeck
Nanning
Laura Tonke
Hille
Lisa Hagmeister
Aunt Ena
Kian Köppke
Hermann
Lars Jessen
Grandpa Arjan
Detlev Buck
Sam Gangsters
Jan Georg Schütte
Uncle Onno
Matthias Schweighöfer
Uncle Theo
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Writers
- Raymond Boy, Hark Bohm, Fatih Akin
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, Belgium
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Germany, Belgium.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Fatih Akin, shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Hainbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Jasper Billerbeck and Laura Tonke and Lisa Hagmeister carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt22507216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Fatih Akin directs. Karl Walter Lindenlaub behind the camera. Hainbach scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, Belgium. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released last year.
- 2International production across 2 countries: Germany, Belgium.
- 3Directed by Fatih Akin, shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Hainbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Jasper Billerbeck and Laura Tonke and Lisa Hagmeister carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt22507216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Original score
- Hainbach
- Costume design
- Birgit Missal
- Makeup / hair
- Maike Heinlein
- Sound
- Corinna Fleig
- Stunt coordinator
- Ronnie Paul
- Runtime
- 93 min · 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $8,795,452
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- NR
- IMDB
- Amrum (2025)
Also by
Fatih Akin
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Bombero International
DE
Rialto Film
DE
Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany
DE
Creative Europe Media
BE
Key crew
- Casting AssistantLea Agmon
- Assistant CameraMichael Hain
- Production AccountantIlonka Szokola
- Unit ManagerDenis Küper
- Storyboard ArtistRaymond Boy
- Casting DirectorJacqueline Rietz
- Casting DirectorMonique Akin
- Executive ProducerBenedikt Maurer
- Production CoordinatorMira Fellner
- Assistant Unit ManagerJennifer Cassel
- Stunt CoordinatorRonnie Paul
- ProducerLara Förtsch
- Production CoordinatorValerie Stangl
- Location ManagerLasse Callsen
- Line ProducerMatthias Voucko
- ProducerFatih Akin
- ProducerHerman Weigel
- SoundTobias Fleig
- SoundJoern Martens
- Sound MixerRichard Borowski
- Sound DesignerCorinna Fleig
- Costume DesignBirgit Missal
- Makeup ArtistMaike Heinlein
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- island
- germany
- world war ii
- north sea
- coming of age
- post world war ii
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2026-04-17NR
- Digital2026-06-02
Also known as
International titles
- AMRUM - Sodan viimeiset päivät lapsen silminFI
- Uma Infância AlemãBR
- Amrum, 1945BE
- Île d'Amrum, 1945FR
- O Rapaz da Ilha de AmrumPT
