Directed by:
Jan-Ole GersterScreenplay:
Blaz KutinCinematography:
Frank GriebeComposer:
Arash SafaianCast:
Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, André Jung, Rainer Bock, Friederike Kempter, Susanne Bredehöft, Gudrun Ritter, Maria Dragus, Mala Emde (more)Plots(1)
Today is Lara’s sixtieth birthday, a special day that will culminate in an event she will always treasure – her son is giving an important solo piano recital. Viktor, whose career has always been his assertive mother’s sole focus, remains elusive, however, and her repeated attempts to get through to him come to nothing. Lara decides to resolve the unnerving situation in an unconventional way, yet she finds she’s in for some surprises in the hours prior to the concert. German acting legend Corinna Harfouch stars in this precisely crafted psychological study by one of the most successful German filmmakers of his generation, Jan Ole Gerster, who here takes up the thread of his critically acclaimed debut Oh Boy (EFA’s European Discovery award). (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Corinna Harfouch
East Germany
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Dying (2024)
Downfall (2004)
Tom Schilling
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Volkmar Kleinert
German Empire
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Hasenherz (1987)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
André Jung
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
The Experiment (2001)
Dreamland (2013)
Rainer Bock
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Never Look Away (2018)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Friederike Kempter
West Germany
Best movies:
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Eight Miles High! (2007)
Pandorum (2009)
Susanne Bredehöft
West Germany
Best movies:
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992)
Lara (2019)
Gudrun Ritter
German Empire
Best movies:
Coming Out (1989)
The Poll Diaries (2010)
Beat (2018) (series)
Maria Dragus
Romania
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
24 Weeks (2016)
Mark Filatov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Beat (2018) (series)
Die Täter - Heute ist nicht alle Tage (2016) (TV movie)
Lara (2019)
Edin Hasanović
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
When We Leave (2010)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Picco (2010)
Steffen C. Jürgens
West Germany
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Off Beat (2004)
Alexander Khuon
West Germany
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Lara (2019)
Nö (2021)
Birge Schade
West Germany
Best movies:
Beyond Silence (1996)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
Hildegard Schroedter
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Johann von Bülow
West Germany
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Frantz (2016)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
Stephan Taubert
East Germany
Best movies:
Lara (2019)
Forwards Ever! (2017)
Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror (2019)