‘Amrum’ Trailer – Diane Kruger Stars in Fatih Akin’s Coming-of-Age Drama Set in the Final Days of WWII

Amrum, the latest film from acclaimed director Fatih Akin, is a coming-of-age story set against the final, uneasy days of World War II.

Known for films such as In the Fade, Akin turns to a more restrained and reflective tone with this historical drama based on the childhood memories of filmmaker Hark Bohm.

The film follows 12-year-old Nanning, played by newcomer Jasper Billerbeck, as he navigates life on a remote North Sea island shaped by war, ideology, and family tension. Also starring in the film are Diane Kruger, Laura Tonke, and Matthias Schweighöfer.

Amrum made its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premiere section, and is set to open in the United States on April 17, 2026, distributed by Kino Lorber. It opens starting April 17 at the Quad Cinema in New York City and on April 24 at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles.

Amrum is set in the Spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, a remote outpost in the North Sea. The front is far away, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing, helping his mother to feed their family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept isle seems idyllic.

When their anti-fascist neighbor Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy, too young to understand the political implications, is pleased to imagine that his father, a Nazi officer, might soon be coming home. But his mother Hille (Laura Tonke) is a true believer, and word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends her into decline.

One day from her sick bed, she wishes for white bread, butter, and honey, near impossible luxuries on Amrum, which Nanning innocently tries to find for her. But as he sets off on his quest, he learns from his neighbors that the enemy is far closer than he imagined.

From Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin (In the Fade, Head-On), Amrum is a tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence set against the waning days of the Second World War.

In its review, Screen Daily described the film as a “delicate, rather heartbreaking coming-of-age story,” pointing to Akin’s ability to capture the quiet turmoil of a child growing up amid ideological collapse. The review noted, “Relatively few films have been made about the effect on ordinary Germans of the sudden collapse of a belief system that had been instilled in many of them since birth, perhaps because a much greater trauma – that of the Holocaust – made the shame of defeat itself seem shameful.”

It added, “Fatih Akin has found a way in this delicate, rather heartbreaking coming-of-age story set on the German Frisian island of Amrum in 1945.”

Watch the official trailer for Amrum above.