Directed by:
Barbara KronenbergScreenplay:
Barbara KronenbergCinematography:
Konstantin KröningComposer:
André DziezukCast:
Romy Lou Janinhoff, Hildegard Schroedter, Ivan Shvedoff, Luc Feit, Anja Schneider, Christina Große, Janina Elkin, Peter Trabner, Martina Eitner-Acheampong (more)Plots(1)
“I have a deal for you: You drive me to an appointment and I do your homework for two weeks.” — “No deals with bright sparks.” A children’s service at a chapel in the German heartland. Though even the weirdest presentations are met with applause, Ulja’s astronomy lecture gets cut off. But the 12-year-old future scientist has just discovered her first asteroid! Unwilling to reconcile divine providence and science, Ulja’s Russia German grandmother unceremoniously disposes of her granddaughter’s technical equipment. An angry Ulja sets out with schoolmate Henk in the family’s hearse for Belarus, where her asteroid is supposed to impact soon. A quirky chase begins, with colourful stops along the way which highlight long-smouldering conflicts and make them appear in a new light. On their winding journey, moralisers are exposed as hypocrites and divided families, friends, lovers and nations are reunited. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Hildegard Schroedter
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Ivan Shvedoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Luc Feit
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Never Look Away (2018)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Anja Schneider
East Germany
Best movies:
Goodbye Berlin (2016)
Cocoon (2020)
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
Christina Große
East Germany
Best movies:
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Three (2010)
I Feel Like Disco (2013)
Janina Elkin
Best movies:
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
The Signal (2024) (series)
Peter Trabner
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
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)
Mateusz Grydlik
Poland
Best movies:
Ajlawju (1999)
Black Mercedes (2019)
Miss Nobody (1996)
Anja Antonowicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Conductor (2018)
Julie Walking Home (2002)
West (2013)
Wojciech Żołądkowicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Closed Circuit (2013)
Letters to Santa 2 (2015)
Mother Theresa of Cats (2010)