''Dresden'' is a 2006 German television film directed by Roland Suso Richter. It is set during the

bombing of Dresden The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Roya ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. This romance movie takes place during the historical Anglo-American bombing of the city of Dresden in February 1945. It was produced by the

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

, a German Public Television Programme, and was originally split in two parts of 90 minutes each. A cinema version was then released in 2010. The film was inspired by Jörg Friedrich's book "The Fire". The €10 million production was shot on original locations in Dresden and Chemnitz.

Plot

Anna ( Felicitas Woll), daughter of a wealthy hospital director, works as a nurse along with her father and her future husband, Doctor Alexander (

Benjamin Sadler Benjamin Sadler (born Benjamin Klimaschewski; 12 February 1971) is a German actor. Biography Sadler was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he move ...

). Whilst behind enemy lines, British pilot Robert Newman ( John Light) is severely wounded and hides in the hospital's cellar. Anna finds him and cures his wounds, slowly falling in love with him. The story takes place during the bombing of Dresden (14 to 15 February 1945) and it follows the characters through 3 days in the city.

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* 2006 films 2006 television films German television films 2000s German-language films German-language television shows ZDF original programming German World War II films German aviation films Films about shot-down aviators Films scored by Harald Kloser Films set in 1945 Films set in Dresden 2000s German films {{Germany-tv-film-stub