In the waning days of World War II, the isolated German island of Amrum, which the film is named after, is quietly torn in two. In the middle is Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck), a young boy whose zealous ...

It's hard to imagine a less promising setup for a movie about a young boy's act of kindness toward his mother than the one that's supplied in Fatih Akin's "Amrum," which premiered on Thursday night at ...

Fatih Akin’s WWII coming-of-age tale Amrum has begun shooting in Hamburg with newcomer Jasper Billerbeck joining German stars Laura Tonke and Diane Kruger in the cast. The feature, which was first ...

An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premieres section, Fatih Akin‘s poignant coming-of-age tale of a 12-year-old boy on a remote German island in the waning days of World ...

Set on a picturesque windswept German island in the waning days of World War II, the Cannes selection walks an impossible morality line with delicate beauty. Courtesy of Bombero International/Rialto ...

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama “Amrum” after the film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month. The film will be released ...

Beta Cinema has picked up international rights on the 1945-set family drama and will be shopping it to buyers in Cannes next month. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The film follows a family ...

In the 'Head-On' director's latest, a 12-year-old boy living on an island off the coast of Germany embarks on a series of adventures to get his mother bread, butter and honey. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & ...

Fatih Akin’s poetic and elegantly spare “Amrum” asks us to take interest in a 12-year-old member of the Hitler youth as he cares for his mother in the last days of World War II, and while we’re at it, ...

It’s hard to imagine a less promising setup for a movie about a young boy’s act of kindness toward his mother than the one that’s supplied in Fatih Akin’s “Amrum,” which premiered on Thursday night at ...