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 ...

In Amrum, Fatih Akin stages a sentimental conversation between himself and his mentor, the German director Hark Bohm. This project, which premiered at Cannes outside the main competition ...

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 ...

Matthias Schweighöfer, star of Fatih Akin’s “Amrum,” wanted to work with the acclaimed “Edge of Heaven” and “In the Cut” director for years before an opportunity presented itself ...

It is based somewhat on Bohm’s own experience growing up on the remote North Sea German island Amrum, but is a fictional tale centered on Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billlerbeck), who lives with ...

Under his direction, “Amrum” wants us to engage with the possibility that at such a young age, the film’s central character Nanning (superbly portrayed by impressive newcomer Jasper ...

“Amrum” is set in 1945 on the German island of Amrum, where 12-year-old Nanning — a refugee from his bomb-destroyed home in Hamburg — discovers a rural idyll. He learns to hunt ...

It’s taken another eight years, but Akin and Kruger are back together, and back in Cannes, with their new collaboration, Amrum. This time it’s Akin who is moving out of his comfort zone.

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 ...

Nanning loses his job and is labeled a rat by his peers. Akin uses this early moment to establish the tension between Amrum’s long-time, working-class residents and the Nazis transplanted there ...