Eastern Cross (1991)
Overview
15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.
Cast
Laura Tonke
Elfie
Mirosław Baka
Darius
Suzanne von Borsody
Mutter
Beatrice Manowski
Karla
Sophie Rois
Friseuse
Martin Trettau
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