Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Ostkreuz

Michael Klier

Germany, 1991, 83 Min

1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After escaping from East Berlin, fifteen-year-old Elfie and her mother end up in makeshift accommodation in the western part of the city.

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Lacking the necessary funds to pay the deposit for a flat, Elfie inadvertently ends up making the acquaintance of the young Pole Marius, who leads her further into the criminal underground. Around the same time Elfie also encounters Edmund, who was left behind by his parents when they fled to the West. OSTKREUZ paints an authentic portrait of Berlin in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. CR

Filmformat
DVD | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Michael Klier, Karin Aström

Kamera
Sophie Maintigneux

Ton
Klaus Klingler

Schnitt
Bettina Böhler

Musik
Fred Frith

Darsteller
Laura Tonke, Miroslaw Baka, Suzanne von Borsody, Stefan Cammann, Gustav Barwicki, Henry Marcinkowski

Produzent
Michael Klier

Produktion
Michael Klier Film Berlin

Kontakt
Deutsche Kinemathek
- Museum für Film und Fernsehen
Potsdamer Straße 2
10785 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49.30.30.09 030
info@deutsche-kinemathek.de
www.deutsche-kinemathek.de

Michael Klier - born 1943 in Karlsbad. Educated as scene painter, he started to study Philosophy and History at Free Universit Berlin in 1969 and was professional football player for a while. His work comprises documentary and feature films as well as cinematographic portraits. He is screenwriter and lecturer for directing at German Film Academies.

Movies
HEIDI M. (2001)
FARLAND (2004)
ALTER UND SCHÖNHEIT (2009)

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