Ostkreuz
director:
Michael Klier
playwright:
Michael Klier
/
Karin Aström
actor:
Laura Tonke
/
Mirosław Baka
/
Suzanne von Borsody
/
Stefan Cammann
/
Gustaw Barwicki
…
genre:
Drama
/
TV Movie
language:
German
length: 1h 23m
release date: 1991-07-23
IMDb: tt0128385
Ostkreuz
overview
15-year-old Elfie 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.