Lore (2012)

NR09/20/2012Drama, War, Thriller1h 49m
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When your life is a lie who can you trust?

Overview

After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Saskia Rosendahl

    Lore

  2. Cast 1

    Kai-Peter Malina

    Thomas

  3. Cast 1

    Nele Trebs

    Liesel

  4. Cast 1

    Ursina Lardi

    Mom

  5. Cast 1

    Hans-Jochen Wagner

    Dad

  6. Cast 1

    Mika Seidel

    Jürgen

  7. André Frid

    Günter

  8. Cast 1

    Eva-Maria Hagen

    Grandma

  9. Mike Veidner

    Young German Soldier

Unwatchable. Either the cinematography or the post production is to blame. Either way, the Blu-ray is a mixed chaos of random gammas. Night shots are 50% gray one shot, pitch black the next. Day shots overblown, but reduced to 75% brightness, and also squashed at blacks that are then elevated into grays to add insult to injury. For a perfect trifecta, it's all marred by a heavy blue tint that makes everything look even more ghastly. Perhaps a new mastering will be done, at which point I may give it another try, but as it stands, it's unwatchable. Eye cancer.