Directed by:
Rainer SimonCinematography:
Roland DresselComposer:
Reiner BredemeyerCast:
Kurt Böwe, Michael Gwisdek, Gudrun Ritter, Hildegard Alex, Thomas Neumann, Franz Viehmann, Eckhard Becker, Evelyn Cron, Käthe Reichel, Günter Junghans (more)Plots(1)
For many years now, comrade Jadup has been the respectable mayor of Wickenhausen, a small town in the Altmark region of East Germany. When the opening of a new supermarket coincides with the collapse of a nearby building, secrets long thought buried are brought to light. A notebook which Jadup had given to his girlfriend Boel just after the war is found in the ruins of the building. Rereading it, it isn't just youthful longings that Jadup is confronted with - the long-repressed memory of Boel's rape and the fact that the perpetrator was never found also return to haunt him. At that time, he was never fully able to take Boel's side, who left town soon afterwards and was never seen again. Mayor Jadup now remembers his own failure. His unresolved past also leads him to question what's happening in the present. Seeing himself and his own doubts in his son, the two generations begin cautiously to approach each other. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Kurt Böwe
German Empire
Best movies:
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Blauvogel (1979)
Michael Gwisdek
German Empire
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Gudrun Ritter
German Empire
Best movies:
Coming Out (1989)
The Poll Diaries (2010)
Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Hildegard Alex
German Empire
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Wir sind das Volk - Liebe kennt keine Grenzen (2008) (TV movie)
Max Minsky and Me (2007)
Thomas Neumann
Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Barbara (2012)
Three (2010)
Franz Viehmann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
The Promise (1995)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Eckhard Becker
Best movies:
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Evelyn Cron
German Empire
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Käthe Reichel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Günter Junghans
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Secret Hope (2015) (TV movie)
Gertraud Kreißig
German Empire
Best movies:
Coming Out (1989)
Moritz in the Advertising Column (1983)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Heidemarie Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
Pappa ante Portas (1991)
Eolomea (1972)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Horst Lebinsky
German Empire
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Katrin Knappe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Rolf-Martin Kruckenberg
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Timo Jakob
Best movies:
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Carin Abicht
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Karin Beewen
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
The Sons of Great Bear (1966)
Berthold Schulze
German Empire
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ilse Bastubbe
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren (1982)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)