3rd edition · International Narrative

Ilse

Director: Claudia Engl , Judith Hoersch · Country: GERMANY · Year: 2023 · Runtime: 18 min · Language: GERMANY

1945 in a German war hospital. Only one more day until the nurse Ilse is allowed to start her long-desired home vacation. If only there wasn‘t this one event that, despite the unexpected end of the war, suddenly changed her whole life. Ilse is a film based on a true story which demonstrates how close joy and suffering in life can be. It reminds us how important friendship and family are and how women experienced World War II. It is the heroic journey of a strong woman and a story about the survival instinct of our grandmothers.

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