Overview

• Akin cites the line “Du bist nicht schuld, aber du hast dennoch damit zu tun” as supporting what he views as Germany’s obligation to defend Israel’s right to exist.
• Amrum has Filmfest Hamburg screenings on September 27 and 28, with a nationwide German release set for October 9.
• The World War II drama is told through a 12-year-old’s perspective and draws on the childhood memories of Hamburg filmmaker Hark Bohm, to whom Akin pays homage.
• Akin says current events, including Russia’s war on Ukraine and the rise of the AfD, led him to decide he would stay in Germany if it were threatened.
• The cast features Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Diane Kruger, Matthias Schweighöfer and Detlev Buck, with the North Sea island of Amrum portrayed as a defining setting.