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Synopsis
15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.
Original Title
Ostkreuz
Director
Michael Klier
Laura Tonke
Elfie
Mirosław Baka
Darius
Suzanne von Borsody
Mutter
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Stefan Cammann
Edmund
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Gustaw Barwicki
Gustav
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Henry Marcinkowski
Dicker Henry
Beatrice Manowski
Karla
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Lutz Weidlich
Polizist
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Michael Krause
Polizist
Sophie Rois
Friseuse
Martin Trettau
Großvater
