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Zero Hour (German: Stunde Null) is a 1977 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Kai Taschner and Anette Jünger. The narrative is set in the summer of 1945 in a small village outside Leipzig, where the Americans have just pulled back and been replaced by Soviet troops. The film follows the inhabitants as they adjust to the new situation, in particular Joschi, a teenage Hitler Youth member who is fascinated by the Americans.

Zero Hour
Directed by	Edgar Reitz
Written by	Peter F. Steinbach Edgar Reitz
Produced by	Edgar Reitz
Cinematography	Gernot Roll
Edited by	Ingrid Broszat
Music by	Nikos Mamangakis
Release date	6 February 1977 (1977-02-06)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The film was produced through Edgar Reitz Filmproduktions in collaboration with Bernd Eichinger's Solaris Film- und Fernsehproduktion and Westdeutscher Rundfunk. It was released in theatres on 6 February 1977 and broadcast on West 3 on 8 March the same year.[1]

Cast

• Kai Taschner as Joschi
• Anette Jünger as Isa
• Herbert Weißbach as Mattiske
• Klaus Dierig as Paul
• Günter Schiemann as Franke
• Erika Wackernagel as Mrs. Unterstab
• Torsten Henties as boy with a bike
• Erich Kleiber as Motek
• Bernd Linzel as Karl-Heinz
• Edith Kunze as Joschi's mother

References

External links

• Zero Hour at IMDb

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