Directed by:
Sven TaddickenScreenplay:
Ruth TomaCinematography:
Daniela KnappCast:
Jürgen Vogel, Jördis Triebel, Nina Petri, Martin Feifel, Hinnerk Schönemann, Fritz Roth, Arved Birnbaum, Steffen Schroeder, Martina Eitner-Acheampong (more)Plots(1)
Emma breeds pigs at the rundown, hopelessly indebted farm she inherited from her family. She feels a close bond with her animals and slaughters them with her own special form of tenderness. In lieu of a man she finds pleasure astride her deliciously vibrating old motorbike. But she still feels a certain longing and her only suitor, the village policeman Henner, doesn't fill the prescription. Max works for a car dealer. He, too, is alone. His stomach pains keep growing worse, and his doctor informs him that he doesn't have long to live. In a panic he steals a Jaguar and big bundle of money from Hans, his employer and only friend. Hans sets out in hot pursuit and Max' attempt to escape from his old life comes to an abrupt end - crashing, of all places, on Emma's farm. Emma can hardly believe her luck. Heaven has not only sent her a man who smells just like she has dreamt of, but also enough money to avert the impending compulsory auction of her farm. She hides the man, still unconscious, in her bed, and the money underneath. When Max wakes up, he is startled to find the delapitated farmstead and the sturdy woman. But he gradually gives in to her wooing and realizes that she not only provides a safe hideaway, but that he has also - at first - found his own personal paradise... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Jördis Triebel
East Germany
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
The Verdict (2016) (TV movie)
25 km/h (2018)
Nina Petri
West Germany
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Deadly Maria (1993)
Martin Feifel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Promised Land (2023)
Snowland (2005)
What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)
Hinnerk Schönemann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Arved Birnbaum
East Germany
Best movies:
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Steffen Schroeder
West Germany
Best movies:
Nanga Parbat (2010)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Martina Eitner-Acheampong
East Germany
Best movies:
The Golden Glove (2019)
We Are Young. We Are Strong (2014)
Aenne Burda - Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau (2018) (TV movie)
Maik Solbach
Best movies:
A Gift from the Gods (2014)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Karin Neuhäuser
West Germany
Best movies:
A Hidden Life (2019)
In the Fade (2017)
Mein Vater (2003) (TV movie)
Julia Beerhold
West Germany
Best movies:
Heiter bis wolkig (2012)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Life Is not for Cowards (2012)
Sebastian Rüger
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Gift Horse (2009)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Ute Paffendorf
Best movies:
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Mariel Jana Supka
Best movies:
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Bruno Schmitz
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Anruferin (2007)
Emma's Bliss (2006)