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Continuity mistake: When the Major's wife is in labor, after the doctor takes off his stethoscope, the wife is shown with her left hand on her belly and is looking directly forward. In the next shot, her left hand is on the bed and is looking to the left. (00:38:25)

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Continuity mistake: When the Russians confront Carl in his office, Carl begins to raise his hands slightly so that they can handcuff him. In the first shot, he is in the middle of raising his hands. But in the next shot, his hands are raised to be level with his stomach and are completely still. (00:34:52)

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Continuity mistake: When the Russians drive up to the destroyed building, a woman in a blue dress can be seen. The woman's hat falls off, and she begins to turn around to pick it up. In the next shot, she is suddenly facing forwards again with the hat back in her hand. (00:34:32)

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Continuity mistake: When the Russians approach the destroyed building to take Carl into custody, three women can be seen walking past it. The woman in the red dress and the woman in the green dress are side by side. When the camera cuts to a closer angle, the woman in the red dress is ahead of the woman in the green dress. (00:34:31)

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Continuity mistake: Kurt and his grandmother are watching the bomber planes fly over their house. His mother then comes outside and in the first shot of her, no hair can be seen going over the front of her nightgown. In the next shot, there is suddenly some hair shown going over the front of it. (00:31:08)

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Audio problem: When the nurse at the hospital tells the family that Elisabeth was transferred two days prior, Waltraud says "Transferred? That's impossible" and doesn't say anything else. The camera then changes angles to focus on the nurse and Waltraud's mouth, visible in the left hand corner of the frame, can be seen moving briefly, even though she already finished the line and didn't say anything else. (00:29:17)

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Continuity mistake: Johann is given a Nazi pin and is told not to forget the "Heil Hitler" salute. Just after this happens, Kurt's mother walks ahead of Johann and he can be seen behind her with his hands at his side. The shot then cuts and Johann's hands are suddenly raised so that he can adjust the Nazi pin. (00:28:23)

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Continuity mistake: When Elisabeth is begging Carl not to have her taken away, she wraps her arms around his legs. Another doctor runs into the room and begins to pull her off him. In the shot of her saying "I could be her sister", she has both arms wrapped around his legs. The camera then cuts to a closer shot of Elisabeth, and her arms are suddenly off his legs. (00:26:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Carl returns to his office and realises Elisabeth has read the medical report, in the shot of him sitting back down in his chair, the report folder briefly disappears from his desk for one shot, before reappearing in the next shot. (00:24:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Carl leaves his office, Elisabeth goes to look at the medical report on his desk. In the shot of her standing from her chair and reaching over to the desk, there is no pen beside the folder. When she picks up the report in the next shot, a pen has suddenly appeared next to it. (00:23:45)

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Continuity mistake: After Elisabeth sees the drawing that Carl's daughter made, she asks "Did your daughter paint that" and the shot cuts to Carl looking toward her. In this shot, he is leaning against the desk as he is writing in the report. A few seconds later, he asks why she thinks she is there, sitting in the same position. He doesn't move when the camera cuts to Elisabeth, but he is suddenly leaning to the right when it cuts back. (00:22:26)

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Continuity mistake: When Elisabeth sits down in the chair in Carl's office, hair can be seen going over her shoulders In the shot of her looking at Carl after sitting down, a lot of hair can be seen over the top of her right shoulder. The camera cuts to a side view and there is suddenly much less hair on top of her right shoulder. (00:22:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Elisabeth walks into Carl's office, he is looking through her file. He is shown taking a page on the right-hand side, and begins to turn it over. When the camera changes angles, he has suddenly finished turning the page in the opposite direction. (00:21:20)

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Continuity mistake: Whilst the doctors are trying to get Elisabeth into the van, one of them injects her to get her to relax. When this happens, her arm is lowered. But in the next shot, her forearm is suddenly raised. (00:17:46)

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Continuity mistake: When Elisabeth is saying goodbye to the family, she hugs Ehrenfried and steps away from him. In the next shot, he is still holding her slightly before letting go a second time. (00:17:15)

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Continuity mistake: After Elisabeth leaves the doctor's office, the doctor resumes speaking with Elisabeth's mother and sister. Whilst the doctor says "As schizophrenia is a hereditary condition", the sister is looking at the mother. When the shot cuts, she is now looking at the doctor. (00:15:13)

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Continuity mistake: When Elisabeth's mother and sister are speaking with the doctor, as the doctor says "In an institution, yes", Elisabeth's mother's hands can be seen virtually still. When the shot cuts, her hands are suddenly moving around while she speaks. (00:14:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Kurt sees Elisabeth playing the piano naked in the living room, he is shown walking through the doorway. The camera then cuts to focus on Elisabeth and in the background of the shot, Kurt can be seen walking through the doorway a second time. (00:12:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Kurt is drawing the picture of a naked lady, in the above shot where the camera shows what he is drawing, the pencil he is holding is held at an upright position. When the camera changes angles, the pencil is tilted at an angle away from Kurt. (00:11:45)

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Continuity mistake: When the Nazi officer gives Elisabeth the bouquet to give to Hitler, in the shot of him saying "You'll give him the bouquet", he is standing so that his body is positioned mostly behind her. When the camera changes angles, he is standing at her side. (00:10:43)

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