The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Christian PetzoldDirector
- Christian PetzoldWriter
- Stefan WillOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nina HossYella Fichte
- Devid StriesowPhilipp
- Hinnerk SchönemannBen
- Burghart KlaußnerDr. Gunthen
- Barbara AuerBarbara Gunthen
- Christian RedlYellas Vater
- Selin BademsoyDr. Gunthens Tochter
- Wanja MuesSprenger
- Michael WittenbornDr. Schmidt-Ott
- Martin BrambachDr. Fritz
- Joachim NimtzPrietzel
- Peter BenedictDr. Friedrichs Anwalt Oliver
Stills
Themes
futureworkdreamshusband wife relationshipbusinessmanassistantex husbandemployeeworkplaceex-wifeexistence