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Episode 207 – Roberto Rossellini’s Germany Year Zero

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This time on the podcast, Jordan Essoe, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens discuss Roberto Rossellini’s Germany Year Zero.

The concluding chapter of Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy is the most devastating, a portrait of an obliterated Berlin, seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy.

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EPISODE LINKS
  • Germany Year Zero (1948)
  • The Humanity of the Defeated
  • Post-War Picture by Rossellini – The New York Times
  • DVD of the Week – The New Yorker
  • Amazon.com: Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy
    • EPISODE CREDITS
    • Jordan Essoe (Instagram / Website)
    • Scott Nye (Twitter / Battleship Pretension)
    • David Blakeslee (Twitter / Criterion Reflections)
    • Arik Devens (Twitter / funfact.fm)
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