Ostkreuz (1991)
OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Walll. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Klier
Actors: Beatrice Manowski, Gustaw Barwicki, Henry Marcinkowski, Laura Tonke, Lutz Weidlich, Martin Trettau, Michael Krause, Mirosław Baka, Sophie Rois, Stefan Cammann
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