UK-Australia-Germany co-production

Spring 1945 and the German resistance collapses. As the Allied forces sweep across Motherland five children embark on a journey which will challenge every notion we have of family, love and friendship. What happens to our youngest after war ends?

Based on the Booker nominee novel The Dark Room, by Rachel Seiffert

Status - 5th Draft Screenplay available.

German Language

Writer Robin Mukherjees

Director Cate Shortland (Somersault, Flowergirl (short), The Silence and The Secret Life of Us (TV))

Producer Paul Welsh (Edge City Films UK) and Liz Watts (Porchlight Films Australia), Germany- tbc

Cast TBC

Developed with assistance of Scottish Screen