Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.
Acting
Child actors who actually play their instruments—no faking.
Score
Violin performances that'll wreck you before the plot does.
Director
Marcus O. Rosenmüller
Mathilda Adamik
Hanna Reich / Enkelin Nina
Elin Kolev
Abrascha Kaplan
Imogen Burrell
Larissa Brodsky
Kai Wiesinger
Max Reich
Catherine Flemming
Helga Reich
Gudrun Landgrebe
Irina Salmonova
Konstantin Wecker
SS-Standartenführer Schwartow
John Friedmann
SS-Sturmbannführer Becker
Gedeon Burkhard
Dr. Boris Brodsky
Natalia Avelon
Rachel Brodsky
Mark Zak
Samuel Kaplan
Michael Mendl
Aaron Kaplan
Michael Brandner
Alexi
Rolf Kanies
Oberst Tapilin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elin Kolev (Abrascha) was a real violin prodigy who performed with major orchestras before acting.
The film depicts the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact's human cost—rare in cinema, which usually ignores the Soviet-Nazi alliance.
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