Eastern Cross
6.7(10) 1991-07-23 83 minDramaTV Movie
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.
DirectorMichael Klier
ScreenplayMichael Klier
ScreenplayKarin Aström
Original Music ComposerFred Frith
ProducerMichael Klier
Cast & characters
Laura Tonke
as Elfie
Mirosław Baka
as Darius
Suzanne von Borsody
as Mutter
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Stefan Cammann
as Edmund
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Gustaw Barwicki
as Gustav
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Henry Marcinkowski
as Dicker Henry
Beatrice Manowski
as Karla
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Lutz Weidlich
as Polizist
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Michael Krause
as Polizist
Sophie Rois
as Friseuse
Martin Trettau
as Großvater
