NOVEMBER CHILD
synopsis
Malchow, GDR, 1980. 20-year-old Anne is hiding Juri, a deserter of the Red Army. The two fall in love with each other. But their love is threatened: there is an arrest warrant and possibly a death sentence waiting for Juri. The two leave the country and flee to the West, leaving Anne’s six-month-old daughter Inga behind. Inga grows up with her grandparents and thinks that her mother died during a swimming accident. 25 years later she meets the literature professor Robert, who sends her on the trail of her past. He met Inga’s mother Anne during one of his seminars. At first Inga is resistant, but then she asks for Robert’s help. Together they take off on a journey through Germany, in search of Inga’s mother Anne...
international title: | November Child |
original title: | Novemberkind |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Christian Schwochow |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | DE 20/11/2008 |
screenplay: | Christian Schwochow, Heide Schwochow |
cast: | Anna Maria Mühe, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Thorsten Merten, Hermann Beyer, Christine Schorn, Steffi Kühnert, Christina Drechsler, Adrian Topol |
cinematography by: | Frank Lamm |
film editing: | Christoph Wermke |
art director: | Natascha Tagwerk |
music: | Daniel Sus |
producer: | Jochen Laube |
production: | Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, SWR – Südwestrundfunk, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Cine+ Südwest, Filmemacher Produktion |
backing: | MFG Baden-Württemberg, Filmfoerderung Mecklenburg Vorpommern |
distributor: | Schwarz Weiss Filmverleih |