Eastern Cross

Directed by Michael Klier

Written by Michael Klier, Karin Aström

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

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Stefan Cammann

Edmund

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Gustaw Barwicki

Gustav

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Henry Marcinkowski

Dicker Henry

Beatrice Manowski

Karla

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Lutz Weidlich

Polizist

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Michael Krause

Polizist

Sophie Rois

Friseuse

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Martin Trettau

Großvater