Lore (2013)
86%RT Audience Score: 76%
Awards & Nominations: 34 wins & 34 nominations
Newcomer Saskia Rosendahl gives an astonishingly assured performance in the title role, and director Cate Shortland establishes a delicate, disturbingly ominous tone in the powerful World War II drama Lore
Lore is like a dark fairy tale, but instead of a princess waiting for her prince charming, it’s about a 14-year-old girl trying to survive the collapse of Nazi Germany. The cinematography is so good, it’s like you’re watching a painting come to life. The film is both beautiful and haunting, and it’s definitely not your typical feel-good movie. But if you’re in the mood for something that will make you think and feel, Lore is a must-watch.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Music Box Films
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2012
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 49m
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Language(s):German, English, Russian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 2013 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 11, 2014
Genre(s)
Drama/War
Keyword(s)
starring Saskia Rosendahl, Mika Seidel, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Sven Pippig, Philip Wiegratz, Katrin Pollitt, directed by Cate Shortland, written by Cate Shortland, Robin Mukherjee, drama, war, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Michael Phillips, Roger Clarke, Anthony Quinn, Emma Myers, Rick Groen, Linda Barnard, Richard Propes, Kelly Jane Torrance, Joseph Walsh, MPAA rating, produced by Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stoter, Liz Watts, Paul Welsh, family, Nazi Germany, World War II, coming of age, survival, journey, friendship, love, cinematography, Adam Arkapaw, German language, Music Box Films
Worldwide gross: $2,362,019
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $3,045,173
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,313
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 332,080
US/Canada gross: $970,325
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,250,967
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,133
US/Canada opening weekend: $31,498
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $40,608
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,269
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 4300000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $5,543,665
Production budget ranking: 1,854
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,985,264
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$5,483,756
ROI to date (est.): -64%
ROI ranking: 1,773
Ursina Lardi – Mutti
Hans-Jochen Wagner – Vati
Sven Pippig – Bauer
Philip Wiegratz – Helmut
Katrin Pollitt – Bäuerin
Director(s)
Cate Shortland
Writer(s)
Cate Shortland, Robin Mukherjee
Producer(s)
Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stoter, Liz Watts, Paul Welsh
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
34 wins & 34 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (115) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (7)
Lore, from Australian director Cate Shortland, proceeds like a long-ago fairy tale, dark-hued, grounded in real-life 20th-century horrors.
January 1, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Lore is a akin to a bourgeois German version of Elem Klimov’s 1985 Belarus-set Come and See, and it has some outstanding features. The star turn is the lurking cinematography of Adam Arkapaw.
January 1, 2014
Roger Clarke
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
The Australian director Cate Shortland has made a quite stunning film about the collapse of Nazi Germany, seen not from a Berlin bunker but through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl.
January 1, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Anthony Quinn
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The bleak backdrop is rendered with great beauty-so much so that perhaps the sensory poetics of the visuals linger beyond their darker implications.
November 5, 2013
Emma Myers
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The young principals here, Malina and especially Rosendahl, are superb at conveying that premature hardening, their elastic minds pummelled by inelastic forces.
May 31, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
The sins of the Fatherland send a German teenage girl and her Nazi-connected family on the run in Australian director Cate Shortland’s vividly rendered and sensual drama Lore.
May 30, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
TOP CRITIC
A film you simply don’t want to miss.
September 14, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Cate Shortland’s tough, moving film is shot with great intimacy, driving home the idea that great horrors are ultimately a personal responsibility.
December 14, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4
Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Examiner
Shortland has created a moving, intriguing and complex film, which provides one of the most intelligent and honest approaches to both Nazism and the holocaust seen on screen in recent years.
August 23, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Joseph Walsh
CineVue
A raw, urgent yet contemplative tone infuses every moment and, courtesy of cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, Shortland uses the country’s foggy, murky landscape to stunning effect.
July 20, 2018
Sarah Ward
Flicks.com.au
The portrait that emerges proves, above all else, one of resilience and adaptability.
July 20, 2017
Sarah Ward
Goethe-Institute Australien Magazine
Lore’s textures and colors evoke equal parts wonder and horror.
October 7, 2016
Anna Bean
Bust Magazine…
Plot
As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents’ beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Newcomer Saskia Rosendahl gives an astonishingly assured performance in the title role.
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