A blast from the past
The Aftermath4 starsDirector: James KentStars: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Alexander ScheerDuration: 108 minsClass: 15KRS Releasing Ltd
After her acclaimed performance as Colette, Keira Knightley is back on the big screen as Rachael Morgan in The Aftermath. Set in post-war Germany, Rachael moves to the ruined city of Hamburg in 1946 to be reunited with her husband Colonel Lewis Morgan (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city.
As Rachael sets about to see her new home, hoping to rekindle her marriage, she is astonished to learn that Lewis has invited the previous owners of the house to remain there – a German widower Stephan Lubert (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter Freda (Flora Thiemann). Fully resentful of having to share a home with people she perceives as the enemy, the circumstances born of enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.
The film is based on the bestselling novel by the same name by author Rhidian Brook. The fascinating story was inspired by his own grandfather’s experience. Colonel Walter Brook was one of the English officers sent to Germany at the end of the war to get the...