Amrum

Name: Amrum
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: April 17, 2026
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 76

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: April 17, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: In the spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, 12-year-old Nanning spends his days working the farm and his nights fishing. Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic. When farmer Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy—too young to understand the political implications—isIn the spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, 12-year-old Nanning spends his days working the farm and his nights fishing. Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic. When farmer Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy—too young to understand the political implications—is pleased to imagine that his Nazi officer father might soon be coming home. But word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends his mother into decline, and as Nanning looks to his community for support, he learns that the true enemy is far closer than he imagined.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, History, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Tomris Laffly

May 23, 2025

There are no grand moments, enormous revelations or manipulatively overpowering scores in his delicately constructed and produced film — it is as narratively straightforward as movies come. Read full review

Steve Pond

May 23, 2025

There’s nothing showy about Amrum, but it can leave an audience shaken. Akin has fashioned a rare film that relies on the power of simplicity to tell a story that is anything but simple. Read full review

Lee Marshall

May 23, 2025

Amrum is something of a departure for Akin, the kind of precision miniature work that can be achieved on a smaller canvas. Read full review

Justin Chang

Apr 28, 2026

The new film is both Akin’s strongest and, with its stately, picturesque classicism, his least characteristic work in some time. Read full review

IndieWire David Opie

Apr 15, 2026

There’s no outright preaching, no plea to condemn or sympathize either way. What unfolds is far more complex, morally speaking, even if the bones of the narrative and how it’s shot are deliberately pared down. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Apr 17, 2026

To Akin’s credit, the film isn’t tastelessly sentimental (see “Jojo Rabbit”), and it depicts Nanning’s awakening with the kind of subtlety and restraint that suggests his moral education will continue evolving after the end of the movie. Read full review

Eli Friedberg

Apr 14, 2026

Fatih Akin’s Amrum is a delicate coming-of-age parable tracking national identity and violence to their most intimate origin points during the waning days of the Third Reich. Read full review

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