In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west." ...

Germany, Year Zero is the final entry in Roberto ... being able to tell stories without making his views the focus of the film. "[Rosselllini] was the one who led the way to really remove yourself ...