Director: Fatih Akin

Cast: Jasper Billerbeck, Diane Kruger, Kian Köppke, Laura Tonke, Hark Bohm

Amrum is a 2025 German drama-war film directed by Fatih Akin, set on the remote North Sea island of Amrum in the final spring of World War II. The film centers on a twelve-year-old boy named Nanning whose childhood is upended by the collapse of the Third Reich and its human consequences.

What is Amrum about?

Young Nanning lives on the island of Amrum, where his days are spent hunting seals along the coast, hauling nets on nocturnal fishing trips, and tending the family fields to keep food on the table. His father is absent — the war has taken him far away — and the household depends on the boy's labor and resilience. When Germany's defeat finally arrives in spring 1945, the relief is not liberation but rupture: Nanning's mother falls into a deep, wordless grief that no victory can cure. Around him, the island absorbs refugees, soldiers, and strangers, each carrying wounds the boy cannot yet name. Caught between childhood duties and an adult world that has lost its moorings, Nanning must find a way forward through loss, silence, and the slow, painful return of ordinary life.

Cast & crew

Director Fatih Akin, the acclaimed German-Turkish filmmaker known for bold, emotionally charged storytelling, brings a quiet, intimate register to Amrum. Jasper Billerbeck carries the film as young Nanning, while Diane Kruger plays his grief-stricken mother. The ensemble includes Matthias Schweighöfer, Kian Köppke, Laura Tonke, and Hark Bohm, veterans of German stage and screen.

Context & significance

Amrum holds special appeal for Persian-speaking viewers interested in European historical drama and the human cost of war as experienced by ordinary families — a theme deeply familiar to Iranian diaspora audiences shaped by their own family histories of conflict and displacement. The film avoids military spectacle in favor of a child's-eye perspective on moral collapse and survival, making it accessible and emotionally resonant across cultures. It is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing, so viewers can follow Nanning's story entirely in their own language without missing a moment of the film's understated power.

Where & how to watch

Amrum is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, on your television, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.