Habermann (2011): Ratings, Box Office & Plot

In 1937, a prosperous ethnic German mill owner named August Habermann stands as the moral center of a town called Eglau in the Sudetenland. His mill operates as both a sawmill and a gristmill, and he preserves a pragmatic but hopeful belief that Sudeten Germans and Czechs can coexist peacefully under his roof. He marries a Czech woman, Jana, who later is revealed to be half-Jewish, a detail that quietly colors the family’s fate. August’s closest confidant is Karel Březina, a Czech who embodies a bridge between communities. The two families live with a delicate tolerance until the shadows of war begin to loom.