The Aftermath (2019) on Netflix
In the ruins of postwar Hamburg, Rachael Morgan joins her husband Lewis, a British colonel tasked with rebuilding the city. He decides they will share their house with its German owners.
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Plot summary
Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the winter of 1946 to rejoin her husband Lewis Morgan, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the city. Their relationship is tense. Lewis has decided that the requisitioned house will be shared with its former owners, the architect Stefan Lubert and his teenage daughter Freda, who move into the attic. Rachael is unhappy with the arrangement and speaks harshly to Stefan, her hatred of Germans sharpened by the death of her and Lewis's son Michael in the Blitz.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Aftermath (2019)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Aftermath was the last film released by Fox Searchlight Pictures before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, making it the studio's final title under its former owner.
- The film's bombed-out street scenes were shot inside a disused sugar factory in Prague, where principal photography began in January 2017.
