Eastern Cross
Eastern Cross

Eastern Cross

6.3
July 23, 1991
1h 23m

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.

Director

Michael Klier

Cast

Laura Tonke

Laura Tonke

Elfie

Mirosław Baka

Mirosław Baka

Darius

Suzanne von Borsody

Suzanne von Borsody

Mutter

Stefan Cammann

Edmund

Gustaw Barwicki

Gustav