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Released 6 years ago.
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Cocoon
2020 1h 39m DE
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6.1
MID
★6.1TMDB · 49
DramaRomance
Synopsis
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In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Lena Urzendowsky
Nora
Lena Klenke
Jule
Jella Haase
Romy
Elina Vildanova
Aylin
Anja Schneider
Vivienne
Ogulcan Sert
Yunus
Mohamed Issa
Tarek
Hussein Eliraqui
Ahmad
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Leonie Krippendorff
- Writers
- Leonie Krippendorff
- Languages
- German, Turkish
- Countries
- Germany
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Turkish.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Leonie Krippendorff, shot by Martin Neumeyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Maya Postepski. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Emma Gräf shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Lena Urzendowsky and Lena Klenke and Jella Haase carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt10107222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Leonie Krippendorff directs. Martin Neumeyer behind the camera. Maya Postepski scores. Emma Gräf cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German, Turkish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 6 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Turkish.
- 3Directed by Leonie Krippendorff, shot by Martin Neumeyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Maya Postepski. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Emma Gräf shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Lena Urzendowsky and Lena Klenke and Jella Haase carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt10107222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 9 themes, including "berlin, germany", "coming of age", "first love", "lgbt".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Martin Neumeyer
- Original score
- Maya Postepski
- Editing
- Emma Gräf
- Production design
- Josefine Lindner
- Costume design
- Ramona Petersen
- Makeup / hair
- Janina Kuhlmann
- Sound
- Christoph Walter
- Runtime
- 99 min · 1h 39m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- IMDB
- Cocoon (2020)
Also by
Leonie Krippendorff
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Jost Hering Filmproduktion
DE
ZDF
DE
Key crew
- Property MasterMarcelo Alves
- Assistant Art DirectorKathrin Adam
- Assistant Art DirectorHat Koob
- Foley EditorErik Zaiser
- ProducerJost Hering
- Commissioning EditorJörg Schneider
- Key Makeup ArtistJanina Kuhlmann
- Key Hair StylistJanina Kuhlmann
- EditorEmma Gräf
- Production DesignJosefine Lindner
- Costume DesignRamona Petersen
- CastingPaulita Pappel
- CastingLeonie Krippendorff
- Extras CastingMagdalena Kugler
- Production Sound MixerAchim Burkart
- Sound DesignerChristoph Walter
- First Assistant DirectorDivina Kuan Hasselmann
- Second Assistant DirectorMagdalena Kugler
- Sound Re-Recording MixerChristoph Walter
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- berlin, germany
- coming of age
- first love
- lgbt
- woman director
- heatwave
- alcoholic mother
- summertime
- sister sister relationship
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2020-09-27· CIFF
- Digital2020-09-24· CIFF
Also known as
International titles
- 夏日蜕变CN
- KokonDE
- Léto s NorouCZ
