1948 · drama · war · neorealism
Somewhere in Europe
Directed by Géza von Radványi1h 40m1948
1944. A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements.
Our read: Somewhere in Europe (1948) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · war · neorealism entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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