Directed by:
Nicolai RohdeCinematography:
Hannes HubachComposer:
Rainer OleakCast:
Marie Bäumer, Sebastian Blomberg, Filip Peeters, Hannah Herzsprung, Anna Loos, Wolfram Koch, Harald Schrott, Irm Hermann, Rolf Kanies, Bruno Grass (more)Plots(1)
10 seconds – a brief moment is enough to throw the lives of a number of people into turmoil. After an airplane disaster flight controller Markus is tormented by feelings of guilt: he feels responsible for the death of 83 people. His wife Franziska seeks refuge from the pressure in an affair. Harald, one of the first policemen on duty at the scene of the catastrophe, is plagued by memories of the accident. Erik has lost his wife and child in the crash – and can still not get over the pain when he meets fun-loving Daniela. While all of them are trying to get a grip on their lives, they fail to notice that they are already heading for the next calamity.
Inspired by the true story of the collision of two airplanes over Lake Constance in 2002, 10 SECONDS – independent of the real occurrence – deals with the consequences of such a tragedy. Told from different perspectives and on different time levels, the drama empathizes with the characters and examines whether and how life can continue after such an event. Director Nicolai Rohde: "From the beginning we wanted to tell the story of three protagonists whose emotions build on one another so that their interaction reveals a subtle, emotional portrait of three people whose fate becomes interwoven through the accident. The battles have already taken place; all of the figures have to make their own decisions in order to continue living."
(Berlinale)
Cast
Marie Bäumer
West Germany
Best movies:
Napoléon (2002) (series)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Armin (2007)
Sebastian Blomberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Curveball (2020)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Filip Peeters
Belgium
Best movies:
Antonia's Line (1995)
Michiel de Ruyter (2015)
Loft (2008)
Hannah Herzsprung
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
Anna Loos
East Germany
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008) (TV movie)
Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009) (TV movie)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Wolfram Koch
France
Best movies:
Ansichten eines Clowns (1976)
The Captain (2017)
Night Before Eyes (2008) (TV movie)
Harald Schrott
Austria
Best movies:
The Legend of Rita (2000)
Wendezeit (2019) (TV movie)
Der Seerosenteich (2002) (TV movie)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Rolf Kanies
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Wunderkinder (2011)
Bruno Grass
Germany
Best movies:
Antibodies (2005)
Matthias Ziesing
Germany
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Paradise (2023)
Olaf Burmeister
East Germany
Best movies:
Free Rainer (2007)
Summer in Berlin (2005)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
Hilmar Eichhorn
East Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Goethe! (2010)
Tilla Kratochwil
East Germany
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
The Stranger in Me (2008)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Barbara Hahlweg
West Germany
Best movies:
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
Uwe Lach
East Germany
Best movies:
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Mein Kampf (2009)