Eastern Cross (1991)
Ostkreuz
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.
- Date of release
- 1991-07-23
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Michael Klier
Casting
- 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
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