Ena lives on a remote farmstead. One stormy night, hydraulic engineer Sieghart appears at her door after his car gets stuck in the mud. Although Ena falls in love with Sieghart, she decides to marry her fiancé Mathias. She is incapabale of hiding her true feelings from her groom-to-be, and on the night before the wedding, Mathias forces the pair to join him for a carriage ride – with deadly results.
Acting
Ulrike Krumbiegel's silent devastation speaks volumes.
Cinematography
Mud, storms, and candlelight—rural despair never looked so gorgeous.
Director
Jürgen Brauer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the dying days of East German cinema, this captures rural GDR malaise before reunification changed everything.
Ulrich Mühe later became famous in 'The Lives of Others'—here he's devastating as the wrong man at the wrong time.
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