When I visited Berlin last year I found the city gray and dreary, with an edge, as if the ghosts of World War II still hovered about.
I experienced this edgy feeling once again when I watched A Woman in Berlin, a 2009 movie directed by Max Farberbock. Based on a diary by a woman journalist, the movie documents the last days of World War II when Berlin fell to the Soviet Army. The movie is well-done but dark and tense. Several times I threatened to stop watching it because of its relentless lack of cheer, but the history was fascinating.
