When Lewis confronts Rachael, she tells him that she is leaving him to be with Stefan. Lewis eventually realises Rachael and Stefan are having an affair when he hears of her advocating on Stefan's behalf. The situation is complicated by British Forces Germany suspecting Stefan of Werwolf involvement, though it is actually Freda's boyfriend Bertie who is involved. Rachael and Stefan begin having an affair.

However, Rachael bonds with Stefan over shared grief: Stefan's wife was killed by Allied bombing. Meanwhile, Freda connects with Bertie, a young German deeply involved in the Werwolf movement. Lewis decides to let Stefan and Freda stay in the house in the attic, a decision that Rachael is initially unhappy with because of her hatred of Germans over Michael's death. The couple, whose relationship is tense due to their son Michael being killed during the Blitz by Luftwaffe bombing, will be staying in the requisitioned house of German architect Stefan Lubert and his teenage daughter Freda Lubert. 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 and dealing with violent insurgent Werwolf activities. The Aftermath is set in British occupation zone in post-war Germany in 1945. It is the last Fox Searchlight Pictures film to be released before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney. It was released in the United States on 15 March 2019, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on 26 February 2019. It stars Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke. The Aftermath is a 2019 drama film directed by James Kent and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Rhidian Brook.

The aftermath by rhidian brook