Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Frank GriebeCast:
Oliver Bröcker, Detlev Buck, Jasmin Schwiers, Annika Kuhl, Robert Gwisdek, Steffi Kühnert, Katharina Thalbach, Hinnerk Schönemann, Maxim Mehmet (more)Plots(1)
For the recruits, getting conscripted into the National People's Army (NVA) means bidding farewell to sex and pretty girls, booze and LSD, and to everything they love, because – they're in the army now! For fledgling soldier Henrik Heidler it means bidding farewell to his beloved Eva, whose promise to visit him never comes to pass. Instead, he befriends the rebellious Krüger, who seems to have declared war on the inane rules of the army, which doesn't always end in his favour. Together with slimy Stadlmair, allergy-infested Traubewein and laid-back Mischke, they plod through basic training: marksmanship, throwing hand grenades, loads of political instruction, and what's apparently a part of it, the "hilarious" chicanery at the hands of the older recruits. When Henrik and Krüger once manage to slip away from the troops, Henrik meets Marie, an officer's daughter, in the woods. She tells him about the upcoming International Women's Day, which is soon to be celebrated nearby. Henrik suddenly no longer finds the prospect of a few more months of military service all that daunting. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Oliver Bröcker
Best movies:
Off Beat (2004)
Free Fall (2013)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Detlev Buck
West Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Sun Alley (1999)
Jasmin Schwiers
Belgium
Best movies:
Run for Your Life! (2008)
Killing is My Business, Honey (2009)
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge (2016) (TV movie)
Annika Kuhl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)
Robert Gwisdek
Best movies:
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
Die Glasbläserin (2016) (TV movie)
Run for Your Life! (2008)
Steffi Kühnert
East Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Hinnerk Schönemann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Maxim Mehmet
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Heidi (2015)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
Uwe Dag Berlin
East Germany
Best movies:
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sources of Life (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)
Daniel Zillmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Stefan Konarske
West Germany
Best movies:
Tough Enough (2006)
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008) (TV movie)
Same Same But Different (2009)
Philippe Graber
Switzerland
Best movies:
Stationspiraten (2010)
Will You Marry Us? (2009)
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
Sven Hönig
West Germany
Best movies:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Willenbrock (2005)
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Paul Maaß
Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
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The Berlin Project (2011)
Torsten Michaelis
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Frantz (2016)
Ralf Dittrich
Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Frantz (2016)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Elisabeth Hart
Best movies:
Summer Storm (2004)
Sebastian Soukup
Best movies:
Woman in Love (2011)
Bibi & Tina: Girls Versus Boys (2016)
Ezard Haußmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Sun Alley (1999)
Five Cartridges (1960)