Directed by:
Martin WalzScreenplay:
Martin WalzCinematography:
Matthias FleischerCast:
Alexandra Neldel, Gedeon Burkhard, Jana Pallaske, Günther Maria Halmer, Ralph Herforth, Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Rolf Peter Kahl, Adriana Altaras (more)Plots(1)
Anna lives in a dreary world, never having fulfilled her expectations. She is a primary school teacher on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Thilo is an actor, at least on his calling card. Already in his mid-thirties, he still dreams of the big breakthrough. To earn money he sells wine through a call centre, or at least he tries to. Valerie, an old acquaintance from Anna's hometown, and her husband Moritz, Thilo's best friend, try to bring their two despondent friends together and fix up a date between them. But the timing is bad. Anna babbles on about her love for teaching and learning and Thilo expounds on the virtues of the acting profession. They are both just kidding themselves, and yet something has clicked between them. The sharp screech of a passing streetcar painfully reminds Anna of the school bell and she runs off – not without first giving Thilo a quick kiss on the mouth. But this is only the beginning of a series of ups and downs in their new relationship ... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Alexandra Neldel
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (2001)
Lommbock (2017)
Gedeon Burkhard
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Wunderkinder (2011)
Jana Pallaske
East Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Happy As One (2006)
Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
Günther Maria Halmer
German Empire
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
I misteri della giungla nera (1991) (series)
Ralph Herforth
West Germany
Best movies:
Paradis Express (1997)
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Tough Enough (2006)
Ferrari (2003) (TV movie)
Rolf Peter Kahl
East Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Calling (2008)
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Deadly Maria (1993)
Adriana Altaras
Yugoslavia
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The Perfect Secret (2019)
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Gode Benedix
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Life Is All You Get (1997)
Andreja Schneider
Yugoslavia
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Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
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Inga Busch
West Germany
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Eight Miles High! (2007)
Offroad (2012)
I'm Your Man (2021)
Nenad Lucic
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Mr. Nobody (2009)
The Last Station (2009)
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Veronika Nowag-Jones
Germany
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Gate to Heaven (2003)
Sylvia Schwarz
West Germany
Best movies:
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Frédéric Vonhof
West Germany
Best movies:
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Bianca Karsten
Germany
Best movies:
Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)
Thomas Mai
Best movies:
Rosa Roth (1994) (series)
Stella Lindler
West Germany
Romanus Fuhrmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Child (2012)
Noch ein Wort und ich heirate dich! (2007) (TV movie)