Directed by:
Christian PetzoldScreenplay:
Christian PetzoldCinematography:
Hans FrommCast:
Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak, Julia Franz Richter, Gloria Endres de Oliveira, Enno Trebs (more)VOD (1)
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Undine is a historian who works as a museum guide in Berlin. She knows all about the Humboldt Forum, and has the knack of choosing just the right blouse and suit. She is nonchalantly beautiful, and the way she imparts her knowledge about the city that was built on a swamp is as professional as it is graceful. And yet, time and again, her gaze wanders over to the courtyard café at the Stadtmuseum to see if he is there, or is still there, or if he’s there again. Him. But Johannes is leaving, leaving her, and Undine’s world is collapsing. The magic has gone... Christian Petzold reworks the myth of the mysterious water spirit as a modern fairy-tale in a disenchanted world. His Undine defies her role as a powerless and spurned woman and falls in love anew, with Christoph, who dives into the sunken world of a reservoir. Petzold’s deeply assured work reimagines this legend by way of his own cinematic vision, in which precise everyday gestures are combined with ghostly hyperrealism. The story of a life-or-death love, splendidly and effortlessly told. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Paula Beer
Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Frantz (2016)
Diplomacy (2014)
Franz Rogowski
West Germany
Best movies:
Great Freedom (2021)
Disco Boy (2023)
Victoria (2015)
Maryam Zaree
Iran
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
Transit (2018)
Shahada (2010)
Jacob Matschenz
East Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
A Regular Woman (2019)
Never Look Away (2018)
Anne Ratte-Polle
West Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
Shahada (2010)
Rafael Stachowiak
Poland
Best movies:
The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
Naked Among Wolves (2015) (TV movie)
The Conference (2022)
Julia Franz Richter
Austria
Best movies:
A Whole Life (2023)
L'Animale (2018)
Undine (2020)
Gloria Endres de Oliveira
Best movies:
Undine (2020)
A Dangerous Fortune (2016) (TV movie)
Frühling (2011) (series)
Enno Trebs
Best movies:
Sanctuary (2014)
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Poll Diaries (2010)
Christoph Zrenner
West Germany
Best movies:
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Look Who's Back (2015)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
José Barros
Best movies:
Rising High (2020)
Undine (2020)
Nord bei Nordwest (2014) (series)
Stefan Walz
Switzerland
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Undine (2020)