Anja and Frank are enjoying their family vacation sailing on the Baltic Sea. Anja leaves their two young children alone on the boat for just a moment and when she returns, they are nowhere to be found.
Acting
Marleen Lohse's guilt-ravaged transformation across two timelines.
Direction
Kreuzpaintner weaponizes beautiful Baltic vistas as horror.
Writing
The 130-minute runtime earns every devastating revelation.
Director
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Fabian Busch
Klaus Mendt
Marleen Lohse
Anja Mendt
Matthias Brandt
Bernd Peters
Manfred Zapatka
Herbert Winter
Bernhard Schütz
Werner Kempin
Christina Große
Bentja Vogt
Hannes Wegener
Christoph Ninnemann
Hans-Heinrich Hardt
Herr Weißhaupt
Helene Grass
Miriam Nohe
Luise Wolfram
Blumenverkäuferin
Oskar von Schönfels
Moritz
Rike Eckermann
Helga Zimmermann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws from actual Stasi 'Zersetzung' tactics—psychological decomposition used on thousands of East German families.
The sailboat itself is a metaphor: ostensible freedom on waters completely controlled by invisible borders.
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