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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 63%, Metacritic 64/100. Scores higher than 79% of the 1,237 2000s romance movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic64/100
149 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom TykwerDirector
- Tom TykwerScreenplay
- Reinhold HeilOriginal Music Composer
- Johnny KlimekOriginal Music Composer
- Tom TykwerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Franka PotenteSimone 'Sissi' Schmidt
- Benno FürmannBodo Riemer
- Joachim KrólWalter Riemer
- Lars RudolphSteini
- Ludger PistorWerner Dürr
- Jürgen TarrachSchmatt
- Natja BrunckhorstMeike
- Marita BreuerSissis Mutter
- Melchior DerouetOtto
- Christa FastSigrun
- Susanne BredehöftZewil
- Gottfried BreitfußPaul
