In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
Cinematography
Bleak North Sea landscapes that mirror moral desolation.
Acting
Levi Eisenblätter's child performance is devastatingly contained.
Writing
Adapts Siegfried Lenz with painful restraint.
Director
Christian Schwochow
Ulrich Noethen
Jens Ole Jepsen
Tobias Moretti
Max Ludwig Nansen
Levi Eisenblätter
Siggi Jepsen
Tom Gronau
Siggi Jepsen (adult)
Johanna Wokalek
Ditte Nansen
Sonja Richter
Gudrun Jepsen
Maria Dragus
Hilke Jepsen
Louis Hofmann
Klaas Jepsen
Marek Harloff
Karl Rasmussen
Peter Badstübner
Okko Brodersen
Michael Wittenborn
Pastor Treblin
Klaus Peeck
Dikemaster Ole Bultjohann
Joachim Regelien
Hinnerk Timmsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Siegfried Lenz's 1968 novel, a cornerstone of German post-war literature examining 'Vergangenheitsbewältigung'—the struggle to come to terms with the past.
Director Schwochow's own family history in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern informed the film's authentic coastal atmosphere and generational tensions.
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