Directed by:
Christian PetzoldCinematography:
Hans FrommCast:
Julia Hummer, Sabine Timoteo, Marianne Basler, Aurélien Recoing, Benno Fürmann, Anna Schudt, Annika Blendl, Peter Kurth, Victoria Trauttmansdorff (more)Plots(1)
A man travels from Paris to Berlin in search of his wife. He finds her in a psychiatric hospital in Spandau and takes her back to Paris. Every year, the wife makes the journey to Berlin, desperately searching for her daughter who was abducted in 1989 at the age of three. She was never found. The wife meets a young vagabond named Nina. A drifter who doesn't seem to have a home of her own, Nina roams about the city with Toni, taking the world as it comes, stealing whatever she can, here and there. The wife is convinced that Nina is her lost daughter. Ghosts are the spirits of those who refuse to believe they're dead. Ghosts haunt the realms in between life and death, hoping that love will help them to regain life. These are the ghosts that are the subject of this film. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Julia Hummer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172598_60d77c.jpg)
Julia Hummer
West Germany
Best movies:
Gigantics (1999)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
The State I Am In (2000)
![Sabine Timoteo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/139/158139992_0b4e47.jpg)
Sabine Timoteo
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
The Free Will (2006)
A Friend of Mine (2006)
![Marianne Basler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471133_2a6f77.jpg)
Marianne Basler
Belgium
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Who Knows (2001)
L'Impure (1991) (TV movie)
![Aurélien Recoing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/766/160766791_e2710a.jpg)
Aurélien Recoing
France
Best movies:
Shut Up! (2003)
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
![Benno Fürmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/737/166737725_6946b7.jpg)
Benno Fürmann
West Germany
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
Merry Christmas (2005)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
![Anna Schudt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/613/159613501_830e40.jpg)
Anna Schudt
West Germany
Best movies:
Ghosts (2005)
Ein offener Käfig (2014) (TV movie)
Winter Journey (2006)
![Annika Blendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/564/159564458_d0d22d.jpg)
Annika Blendl
West Germany
Best movies:
Ghosts (2005)
Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Peter Kurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759770_xso4zq.jpg)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
![Victoria Trauttmansdorff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165212_e45035.jpg)
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Austria
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
![Rosa Enskat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/930/160930712_f09567.jpg)
Rosa Enskat
East Germany
Best movies:
When We Leave (2010)
Barbara (2012)
Ghosts (2005)
![Claudia Geisler-Bading](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/450/159450829_e2b08b.jpg)
Claudia Geisler-Bading
East Germany
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Barbara (2012)
![Daniel Christensen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/792/168792602_zfvmlh.jpg)
Daniel Christensen
West Germany
Best movies:
Der junge Häuptling Winnetou (2022)
Ghosts (2005)
Landauer - Der Präsident (2014) (TV movie)
![Philipp Hauß](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/788/160788139_2df26c.jpg)
Philipp Hauß
West Germany
Best movies:
Ghosts (2005)
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)