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The Airlift

Set in post-WW2 Berlin, the two-part drama, The Airlift, encapsulates a sweeping love story between a German woman and an American soldier. After her husband, Axel (Ulrich Tukur) is declared dead, Luise (Bettina Zimmermann) must fend for her 12-year old son, and finds work as an airport waitress. A chance encounter with an American soldier, General William Turner (Heino Ferch), leads her to take a job as part of the Berlin airlift (which ensured supplies for German citizens during Stalin's land blockade), and love, predictably, blossoms. However, complications inevitably arise as Luise's dead husband returns, and she is forced to choose between her duty to her family and her forbidden love affair.

Year: 2005
Genre: Drama, War and Anti-War Films, German Cinema
Country: Germany
Director: Dror Zahavi
Starring: Heino Ferch, Ulrich Tukur, Bettina Zimmermann
Duration: 113 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains sex scenes.
6/10
Location in store: Foreign (Germany)

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