Directed by:
Frauke FinsterwalderCinematography:
Markus FördererComposer:
Michaela MelianCast:
Christoph Bach, Margit Carstensen, Jakub Gierszal, Leonard Scheicher, Corinna Harfouch, Sandra Hüller, Johannes Krisch, Ronald Zehrfeld, Carla Juri (more)Plots(1)
A journey through a surreal Germany: A police officer in a bear costume. A female documentary filmmaker who is unable to find an interesting story. A pedicurist who carefully sets aside the hard skin removed from the feet of his aged female patient. A rich couple that refuses to sit in a German-built car. A history student uninterested in a class visit to a concentration camp. A wild man training a raven in the woods. In this anthology film, all are bound by family ties or a moment of coincidence in a country where the sun always shines and everybody is beautiful, successful and happy. This is until they reveal their darker side, and we discover that the step from idyll to inferno is a short one. Finsterworld is an ironic anti-thesis of the Heimatfilm and full of malicious observations and sharp-tongued remarks. Rarely has German cinema produced so much black humour in one fell swoop. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Christoph Bach
West Germany
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013)
Finsterworld (2013)
Margit Carstensen
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Jakub Gierszal
Poland
Best movies:
Najlepszy (2017)
Colors of Evil: Red (2024)
Suicide Room (2011)
Leonard Scheicher
Germany
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Sources of Life (2013)
Corinna Harfouch
East Germany
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Downfall (2004)
Berlin Calling (2008)
Sandra Hüller
East Germany
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
25 km/h (2018)
Johannes Krisch
Austria
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Revenge (2008)
Ronald Zehrfeld
East Germany
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Carla Juri
Switzerland
Best movies:
Brimstone (2016)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Stationspiraten (2010)
Bernhard Schütz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
Stopped on Track (2011)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Michael Kranz
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Michael Maertens
West Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
My Sister's Good Fortune (1995)
Phoenix (2014)
Dieter Meier
Switzerland
Best movies:
Finsterworld (2013)
Pledge This! (2006)
Sarah Rebellato
Best movies:
Da geht noch was! (2013)
Finsterworld (2013)
Mordkommission Berlin 1 (2015) (TV movie)
Nina Marie Rottmann
Best movies:
Finsterworld (2013)