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Fog in August

Original title: Nebel im August
  • 20162016
  • 2h 1m
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7.3/10
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A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what is happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The fil... Read allA Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what is happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and ... Read allA Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what is happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than 5,000 children were killed in the Nazi e... Read all
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
30,070
752
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    • Director
      • Kai Wessel(attached)
    • Writers
      • Holger Karsten Schmidt(screenplay)
      • Robert Domes(novel)
    • Stars
      • Ivo Pietzcker
      • Sebastian Koch
      • Jule Hermann
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kai Wessel(attached)
    • Writers
      • Holger Karsten Schmidt(screenplay)
      • Robert Domes(novel)
    • Stars
      • Ivo Pietzcker
      • Sebastian Koch
      • Jule Hermann
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 12User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 3 nominations

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    Ivo Pietzcker
    Ivo Pietzcker
    • Ernst Lossa
    Sebastian Koch
    Sebastian Koch
    • Dr. Werner Veithausen
    Jule Hermann
    • Nandl
    Fritzi Haberlandt
    Fritzi Haberlandt
    • Oberschwester Sophia
    Thomas Schubert
    Thomas Schubert
    • Paul Hechtle
    Henriette Confurius
    Henriette Confurius
    • Edith Kiefer
    Branko Samarovski
    • Max Witt
    David Bennent
    David Bennent
    • Oja
    Karl Markovics
    Karl Markovics
    • Christian Lossa
    Patrick Heyn
    • Nazi
    Christian Redl
    Christian Redl
    Carla Karsten
    Niklas Post
    Niklas Post
    • Josef
    Juls Serger
    • Hermann Klein
    • (as Juls Luis Serger)
    Lyonel Hollaender
    • Christoph
    Annely Gerda Prey
    Arne Wichert
    • Toni
    Ben Nicolas Behrend
      • Director
        • Kai Wessel(attached)
      • Writers
        • Holger Karsten Schmidt(screenplay)
        • Robert Domes(novel)
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      • Trivia
        It's the story of Ernst Lossa born in 1929 in Augsburg. Lossa was a member of the Yenish, who are a group of Germans who have their own dialect of that language and who travel from place to place. (Perhaps the most comparable English-speaking group are the Irish Travelers.) Lossa was a bad kid, whose father ended up in Dachau at least twice (although he was released). After committing many petty crimes, he ended up at a sanitorium called Kaufbeuren, which is still in operation today.
      • Crazy credits
        The movie's title is not shown until the start of the end credits.
      • Connections
        Referenced in La noche de...: La noche de... Niebla en agosto (2019)

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      Solid but linear
      I don't actually know why the movie is called "Fog in August" as that image is never referenced in the movie. It is taken from the eponymous book it's based on, perhaps it is explained there.

      The historical backdrop of the movie is "T4", the Nazi campaign to kill those deemed "unworthy to live" because they were handicapped, suffered from a psychiatric condition or -- in many cases -- were just unruly or even merely unpopular with the authorities. The film acts as a docudrama, trying to get some historical facts across while narrating the coming of age-story of Ernst Lossa, a around fourteen-years-old rapscallion. In real life, his father was eventually murdered by the Nazis because he was a traveling artisan.

      The film creates some dramatic tension by pitching two nurses against each other in an unlikely fashion. Stern-looking "mother superior" Sophia is a devout catholic who does the right thing by trying to protect her wards, while doe-eyed sister Edith acts as the angel of death, killing children on command by giving them raspberry juice mixed with barbiturates.

      There is nothing wrong with this movie, and it has a great cast to boot. On the other hand, it's simply another moral showcase about Nazi evils, and you have to be somewhat masochistically inclined to watch it voluntarily. I'm worried that a large part of German cinematic production these days is uninspired "propaganda for the right cause". Hopefully, this movie will inspire many viewers to research the history of T4 on their own.
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      • Karl Self
      • Jul 25, 2016

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      • Release date
        • September 29, 2016 (Germany)
      • Countries of origin
        • Germany
        • Austria
      • Language
        • German
      • Also known as
        • Ağustosta Sis
      • Filming locations
        • Warstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
      • Production companies
        • Collina Film
        • Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft
        • StudioCanal
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      • Budget
        • $8,000,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $72,895
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 1 minute
      • Color
        • Color
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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