Synopsis
Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
- Hans BorgeltScreenplay
- Su CongOriginal Music Composer
- Masahiro ShinodaScreenplay
Cast
- Hiromi GoToyotaro Ota
- Lisa WolfElise Weigelt
- Brigitte GrothumAnna Weigelt
- Haruko KatōCast
- Mareike CarrièreLuise von Bülow
- Christoph EichhornVon Meintheim
- Toru MasuokaKenkichi Aizawa
- Shiro SanoTakashi Tanimura
- Takuzo KadonoKazusaburo Fukushima
- Rolf HoppeRobert Koch
- Tsutomu YamazakiCount Amagata
- Hans-Uwe BauerFritz Krüger
Themes
berlin, germanybased on novel or bookillicit affair19th century