Directed by:
Oliver HaffnerScreenplay:
Oliver HaffnerCinematography:
Kaspar KavenCast:
Katharina Marie Schubert, Adam Bousdoukos, Canan Kir, Rick Okon, Eva Löbau, Felix Knopp, Franziska Traub, Paul Faßnacht, Luise Heyer, Maik Solbach (more)Plots(1)
Out of the blue Anna, an actress at a provincial community theater, gets fired. Fresh off the stage, she suddenly finds herself at the local job center. On the urging of her theater-mad case worker, she takes on an acting course for seven "hard-to-place clients" — as a compulsory training measure. Overcoming huge resistance, Anna forms the bunch of frustrated lone wolves into a group and starts to rehearse Antigone with them. This gives new impetus to the participants' own private dramas, while Anna too experiences a sort of "comeback" for which she wasn't quite prepared. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Katharina Marie Schubert
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Adam Bousdoukos
West Germany
Canan Kir
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)
Copilot (2021)
Rick Okon
East Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Romeos (2011)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Eva Löbau
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
Felix Knopp
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
In My Room (2018)
LenaLove (2015)
Franziska Traub
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Lore (2012)
The Palace (2021) (series)
Paul Faßnacht
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
Manta - Der Film (1991)
Luise Heyer
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Burst (2019)
Jack (2014)
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Maik Solbach
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Rainer Furch
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Aenne Burda - Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau (2018) (TV movie)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Marion Breckwoldt
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Katharina Hauter
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Bernd Grawert
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Sonne und Beton (2023)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tini Prüfert
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Adrian Frieling
West Germany
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Fugitive Pieces (2007)
Adults in the Room (2019)