A nameless man receives phone calls intended for someone else and ends up pretending to be that person, while a female character rebels against her author.
Writing
Kleefeld adapts Kehlmann's nested narratives with surgical precision.
Acting
Kurt's deadpan desperation as Leo/Ralf is quietly devastating.
Director
Isabel Kleefeld
Senta Berger
Rosalie
Stefan Kurt
Leo Richter
Heino Ferch
Ralf Tanner
Julia Koschitz
Elisabeth
Thorsten Merten
Klaus Rubinstein
Gennadi Vengerov
Askisischer Beamter
Axel Ranisch
Mollwitt
Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Maria Rubenstein
Justus von Dohnányi
Joachim Ebling
Matthias Brandt
Ludwig
Johanna Gastdorf
Elke Ebling
Albert Kitzl
Polizist
Ursula Strauss
Nora
Christina Hecke
Carla Lassnig
Susi Stach
Frau Rappenzilch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Daniel Kehlmann's novel 'Ruhm,' which interlocks nine stories exploring fame's fragmented nature in the digital age.
Kleefeld chose to collapse multiple characters into Berger's Rosalie, making her rebellion against her author the film's structural climax.
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