NVA

NVA

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Release Date

9/29/2005

Runtime

94 mins

Genres

Overview

Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the weighty troublemaker Krüger, Heidler and his fellow soldiers try to somehow do their time between old hands and bureaucrats. It's not always fun, because the superiors are annoying with socialist propaganda from the day before yesterday, the material and equipment is scarce and not exactly new, while morale is at rock bottom. His relationship with his girlfriend isn't holding up either. But then Heidler meets Marie, the daughter of commander Kalt of all people, and falls in love. And then, at some point, the Wall comes down and everything changes ... for everyone in the NVA!

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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A sharply observant military farce set in the dying days of East Germany, where young conscripts navigate the absurdity of bureaucratic propaganda, decaying equipment, and forbidden romance while history itself is about to render their entire world irrelevant. It's funny and deeply human in equal measure, watching characters try to live and love in a system that's already obsolete.

Mood

AbsurdBittersweetPlayfulDefiant

Themes

Coming of ageLoveIdentityPower

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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NVA (2005) directed by Leander Haußmann | FirstCinema