Eastern Cross

APPROPIATE

1991 / 83min.

Rating6.3

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Michael Klier

Actors

Beatrice Manowski

Laura Tonke

Suzanne von Borsody

Sophie Rois

Mirosław Baka

Martin Trettau

Stefan Cammann

Gustaw Barwicki

Lutz Weidlich

Henry Marcinkowski

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