Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
Acting
Bleibtreu and Herzsprung's volcanic, tender chemistry.
Score
Schumann's madness made physical through performance.
Direction
Kraus finds beauty in ugliness, brutality in grace.
Director
Chris Kraus
Monica Bleibtreu
Traude Krüger
Hannah Herzsprung
Jenny von Loeben
Sven Pippig
Mütze
Richy Müller
Kowalski
Jasmin Tabatabai
Ayse
Stefan Kurt
Direktor Meyerbeer
Vadim Glowna
Gerhard von Loeben
Nadja Uhl
Nadine Hoffmann
Peter Davor
Journalist Wahrig
Edita Malovčić
Traude, jung
Christian Koerner
SS-Sturmbannführer
Kathrin Kestler
Hannah
Amber Bongard
Clara Mütze
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Pater Vincens
Max Moor
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hannah Herzsprung trained piano for six months; her finger bleeding in the climactic scene is real.
The film sparked debate in Germany about whether it romanticizes incarcerated women—a criticism Kraus dismissed by noting he based Jenny on real prisoners he taught music to.
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