OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who 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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Drama, TV Movie
Release:
July 1991
Production:
Michael Klier Film
Cast:
Laura Tonke, Stefan Cammann, Gustaw Barwicki, Henry Marcinkowski, Beatrice Manowski, Lutz Weidlich, Michael Krause, Mirosław Baka, Sophie Rois, Martin Trettau, Suzanne von Borsody
Tags:
prostitute, single parent, berlin wall, eastern germany, east berlin, crook, hoodlum
