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Berlin, 1989. 15-year-old Elfie and her mother arrive in a refugee camp in the western part of the city after fleeing via Hungary. While her mother resigns herself to the situation, Elfie does everything she can to break out. In her attempts to raise money, she meets the young Pole Darius and becomes involved in his black market dealings. During her wanderings, Elfie meets Edmund, a man of the same age who was left behind by his parents when they fled to East Berlin. Hesitantly, the two grow closer. Director Michael Klier (Überall ist es besser, wo wir nicht sind, Heidi M., Idioten der Familie) was awarded the Förderpreis Deutscher Film, Bayrischer Filmpreis for Best Director and the Adolf Grimme Prize for OSTKREUZ.

Keywords

  • Filmgalerie 451
  • Location: Berlin
  • Made in Germany
  • Berlin
  • history
  • teen

Actors

  • Laura Tonke
  • Stefan Cammann
  • Gustaw Barwicki
  • Henry Marcinkowski
  • Beatrice Manowski

Director

  • Michael Klier

Drama


1h 23min


12 FSK

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Germany
1991
Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.


Berlin, 1989. 15-year-old Elfie and her mother arrive in a refugee camp in the western part of the city after fleeing via Hungary. While her mother resigns herself to the situation, Elfie does everything she can to break out. In her attempts to raise money, she meets the young Pole Darius and becomes involved in his black market dealings. During her wanderings, Elfie meets Edmund, a man of the same age who was left behind by his parents when they fled to East Berlin. Hesitantly, the two grow closer.


Director Michael Klier (Überall ist es besser, wo wir nicht sind, Heidi M., Idioten der Familie) was awarded the Förderpreis Deutscher Film, Bayrischer Filmpreis for Best Director and the Adolf Grimme Prize for OSTKREUZ.

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