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Wiedersehen mit einem Fremden
20100 DE
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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A Black Forest village in the 1950s. Liesbeth Steiner refuses to give up hope that her husband Max has survived the war and Russian captivity. She waits for every homecoming train, but to no avail. Liesbeth and her young son Josef found refuge on her parents-in-law's farm. It never became a home, as Max never told his family about his war marriage. His sister Margarete, who keeps the farm running, suspects that Liesbeth is an heiress. When Max is finally included in a late repatriation transport in 1955, Liesbeth hopes that different times are dawning. But Max has changed a lot over the years.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Silke Bodenbender
Liesbeth
Nina Kunzendorf
Margarete
Peter Davor
Max / Heinrich
Robert Schupp
Georg
Elisabeth von Koch
Regine
Marie-Anne Fliegel
Hermine Tennbaum
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Niki Stein
- Writers
- Thomas Kirchner, Niki Stein
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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The take
Niki Stein directs. Arthur W. Ahrweiler behind the camera. Corina Dietz cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 16 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Niki Stein, shot by Arthur W. Ahrweiler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Corina Dietz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Silke Bodenbender and Nina Kunzendorf and Peter Davor carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1345461 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Arthur W. Ahrweiler
- Editing
- Corina Dietz
- Production design
- Benedikt Herforth
- Costume design
- Anette Schröder
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 12
Also by
Niki Stein
Production companies
Who made it
Polyphon
DE
ARD
DE
Key crew
- ProducerBeatrice Kramm
- EditorCorina Dietz
- Production DesignBenedikt Herforth
- Costume DesignAnette Schröder
- Executive ProducerChristoph Bicker
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2010-05-0412
