The Break

While it was filmed in 1988, the movie is set in a depressingly pale post-WWII Berlin of 1946. The film makes good use of the culture of that time and the scarcity of stuff just helps the movie with its plot.

While the opening 15m may seem quite boring and slow, the later parts of the movie make you understand why the Director shows you those parts.

The actors look their parts from the positively calm Rolf Hoppe as Bruno, to Reiner Heise as Mr Pinske.

Like an intricate jigsaw, Der Bruch, assembles itself in front of you and then equally rapidly disassembles itself when the robbery is done.

Lots of the shot composition seems very Wed Anderson like in its use of pastels and pan shots, with symmetry.