DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.
Direction
Schnitzler's clinical, unsentimental approach to mass death.
Practical Effects
Chilling evacuation chaos shot like documentary footage.
Director
Gregor Schnitzler
Paula Kalenberg
Hannah
Franz Dinda
Elmar
Hans-Laurin Beyerling
Uli
Carina Wiese
Paula
Jennifer Ulrich
Meike
Claire Oelkers
Ayse
Tom Wlaschiha
Hannes
Karl Kranzkowski
Dr. Salamander
Josefine Merkatz
Schwester Roeschen
Richy Müller
Albert Koch
Emanuela von Frankenberg
Frau Koch
Michael Kind
Bert Heubler
Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Tante Helga
Dirk Galuba
Innenminister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 1987 novel by Gudrun Pausewang, a German children's author famous for dystopian YA — think Suzanne Collins but angrier at capitalism.
Released four months before Germany's first major anti-nuclear protests in 2006; became a sleeper hit with Green Party voters and school curriculum debates.
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