A Jewish family flees Nazi persecution from Berlin to London.
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From Academy Award® winning director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) comes an adaptation of acclaimed British author Judith Kerr’s classic novel based on her childhood memories. The story of a Jewish family's escape from 1933 Berlin to Europe tackles prejudice, exile, displacement and adaptation, as told from the perspective of the author’s alter ego, nine-year-old Anna Kemper (Riva Krymalowski in her feature film debut). Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler’s face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. But when her father (Oliver Masucci) - based on the prominent theater critic Alfred Kerr - suddenly vanishes, the family is secretly hurried out of Germany. Anna begins to understand life will never be the same as she and her family navigate unfamiliar lands and cope with the challenges of being refugees.
"Despite having a catchy and intriguing title, 'Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl' only promises an eccentric tone and delivers a rather mild story. The film follows the perspective of a child on Hitler's persecution of Jews. With beautiful scenes, largely due to the locations, the story has loose ends such as the rabbit that the protagonist loves so much, but we never see her playing with it. Minute details, but which could have added to the plot since the title of the production speaks of the toy. Despite this, 'Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl' manages to make a delicate portrait of one of the saddest times in history."