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Eastern Cross

(1991)

July 23, 1991 1h 23m
67%
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Overview

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.

Michael Klier

Director

Top Billed Cast

LT

Laura Tonke

Elfie

MB

Mirosław Baka

Darius

SvB

Suzanne von Borsody

Mutter

SC

Stefan Cammann

Edmund

GB

Gustaw Barwicki

Gustav

HM

Henry Marcinkowski

Dicker Henry

BM

Beatrice Manowski

Karla

LW

Lutz Weidlich

Polizist

MK

Michael Krause

Polizist

SR

Sophie Rois

Friseuse