The Aftermath is a 2019 drama film directed by James Kent and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Rhidian Brook. It stars Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke. The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on 26 February 2019. It was released in the United States on 15 March 2019, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It is the last Fox Searchlight Pictures film to be released before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
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The Aftermath is set in the British occupation zone in post-war Germany in 1945. Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter German winter to be reunited with her husband Lewis Morgan, a colonel of British Forces Germany charged with rebuilding the shattered city under the Allied Control Council, and dealing with violent insurgent Werwolf activities. The couple, whose relationship is tense, stay in the requisitioned house of architect Stefan Lubert and his teenage daughter Freda Lubert. Lewis allows Stefan and Freda stay in the attic, a decision that Rachael is initially unhappy with because of her hatred of Germans due to her and Lewis' son Michael being killed during the Blitz. She is very rude to Stefan. Meanwhile, Freda becomes romantically involved with Bertie, a young Werwolf activist.
