Directed by:
Franka PotenteCinematography:
Frank GriebeCast:
Teresa Harder, Karl Alexander Seidel, Justus von Dohnányi, Regine Zimmermann, Max Urlacher, Stefan ArndtPlots(1)
It is the year 1918, during the era of silent, black-and-white cinema. Cecilie comes from a decent, but impoverished background. She has been promised to a rich man named Alfred. But Cecilie – so the inter-titles inform us – is far from enamoured by her parents' plans. On the day before the wedding the family discover a piece of material in the garden belonging to a buried "mummy". All at once, a punk from the 21st century stands before them – and even speaks to them! Cecilie falls in love with the stranger and from this moment on, events follow thick and fast. The only solution to their problem is an ancient, magic ritual, by which a belladonna must be dug up at midnight... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Teresa Harder
West Germany
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Wave (2008)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Karl Alexander Seidel
Germany
Best movies:
Land of Mine (2015)
Valkyrie (2008)
Three (2010)
Justus von Dohnányi
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Before the Fall (2004)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Regine Zimmermann
Best movies:
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
23 (1998)
The Piano Tuners of Earthquakes (2005)
Max Urlacher
West Germany
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Stefan Arndt
West Germany
Best movies:
Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020)
Lulu and Jimi (2009)