Directed by:
Volker SchlöndorffCinematography:
Tomas ErhartCast:
Devid Striesow, Michael Ihnow, Thomas Thieme, Ursina Lardi, Stephanie Amarell, Thomas Prenn, Christian Kuchenbuch, Tina Engel, Anja Schiffel, Jan Messutat (more)Plots(1)
The film is based on a novel by Friedrich Ani, a master in telling melancholic tales of lost souls. Famed German director and master of his trade, Volker Schlöndorff, turned this tale into a film – in his way, naturally. The story unfolds after the tragic suicide of a 17-year-old. The father acts as if all of the neighbors’ suspicions about his erotic dispositions could be true. The mother believed in anything and anyone, except in herself and her husband. Yet ultimately, the film revolves around what’s at the core of every thriller: the search for the truth. In contrast to most other contemporary thrillers, every detail not related to solving the case is much more important than those that are. And the final answer to the problem is considerably less important than the many possibilities and assumptions leading there. (Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg)
(more)Cast
Devid Striesow
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Napola (2004)
My Brother Simple (2017)
Michael Ihnow
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Valkyrie (2008)
Thomas Thieme
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
Ursina Lardi
Switzerland
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Foster Boy (2011)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Stephanie Amarell
Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Thomas Prenn
Italy
Best movies:
Great Freedom (2021)
Why Not You (2020)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Christian Kuchenbuch
East Germany
Best movies:
A Regular Woman (2019)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Cut Off (2018)
Tina Engel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tin Drum (1979)
Womb (2010)
God´s mighty servant (2011) (TV movie)
Anja Schiffel
Best movies:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Jan Messutat
West Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Mindscape (2013)
Verfehlung (2015)
Cai Cohrs
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Paths (2017) (student film)
Nightlife (2020)
Robin Gooch
USA
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Æon Flux (2005)
Barbara Krzoska
West Germany
Jochanah Mahnke
Best movies:
The Forger (2022)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)