Eastern Cross

1h 23m
DramaTV Movie
6.3

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.

Cast

Laura Tonke
Elfie
Mirosław Baka
Darius
Suzanne von Borsody
Mutter
Stefan Cammann
Edmund
Gustaw Barwicki
Gustav
Henry Marcinkowski
Dicker Henry
Beatrice Manowski
Karla
Lutz Weidlich
Polizist
Michael Krause
Polizist
Sophie Rois
Friseuse
Martin Trettau
Großvater

Crew

Michael Klier
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Karin Aström
Screenplay
Bettina Böhler
Editor
Sophie Maintigneux
Director of Photography
Fred Frith
Original Music Composer

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