In 1992 Link began research for the screenplay for BEYOND SILENCE, about deaf parents and their musically gifted daughter. In 1986 she began her studies in film and television documentary at the University of Television and Film Munich.
So when her family has to move away yet again, she is certain she can do anything.īased on the gripping real-life story of Judith Kerr, whose poignant, suspenseful novel of the same title has been a favorite for over forty years.ĬAROLINE LINK was born in Bad Nauheim in 1964. Yet Anna grows up, finds new friends, and learns to take responsibility. To find a school for Anna is difficult, money is getting very short and they are fearful as they also encounter xenophobia. From now on Anna encounters life in exile, not speaking the language, not knowing customs and manners, missing her friends and loved ones. Anna and her family hastily flee Germany, leaving even her favorite stuffed pink rabbit behind. She is forced to uproot her entire existence. But when her own father goes missing one day, she comes to realize that the man on the posters is about to change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life. She is nine years old when everything begins, too busy to take much notice of his face on posters all over Berlin. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise, that your own father was one of those people. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in your country. It's a good movie, though some small details could have been made with more thought.Suppose your country began to change. The humor is good, though you might need to speak some German to fully understand it. Meanwhile the characters which are not friends of the family are always portrayed with strange looks. In one scene in which the girl's mother complain about having a bad hair while her hair was clearly made to look pretty (she looks/is 20 years younger than her husband). They cared too much into making the "good" characters look pretty and the "evil" characters look bad. As an example, the girl cares throughout the whole movie about the lost rabbit, though she's never seen playing with such toys: they had to explain over and over the movie's title. They expect that the viewer might not catch everything that is going on, so they try to explain it with dialogue, which feels artificial sometimes. The script is well written, but they could have worked better on small details, such as dialogue/foreshadowing.
The scenery is nicely made, nice shots in the alps, nice rooms. The movie shows, from the perspective of a child, the story of a jewish family fleeing in Europe looking for opportunity after escaping from Hitler.
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