The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Each year in June, Bavarian housewife Elke Richter visits family in Halle, in the GDR. There she meets family friend Gregor Pohl, a married carpenter, and they begin having an affair. After her family stops the annual visits due to the husband's promotion in the communist regime, the adulterous couple arranges to meet on other holidays. After Gorbachev's Glasnost leads to the fall of the Iron Curtain, everything changes, and Gregor chooses to emigrate to Canada.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Marcus O. RosenmüllerDirector
- Silke ZertzWriter
- Daniel HoffknechtOriginal Music Composer
- Gary MarloweOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Katharina WackernagelElke Richter
- Peter SchneiderGregor Pohl
- Katharina SpieringJuliane Richter
- Matthias WalterHelmut Richter
- Sebastian NakajewFrank Hartung
- Bettina KenneyYoung Lover (voice)
- Tilmar KuhnGrenzer
- Robin MeisnerJunger Tscheche
- Robert MikaKellner
- Maximilian NowkaZollbeamter
- David NádvornikPassant
- Almut QueitschHotelangestellte
Stills
Themes
german democratic republiclove affaireast germany