Germany 2013
Director: Christian Schwochow
Script: Heide Schwochow
Camera: Frank Lamm
Editor: Jens Klüber
Music: Lorenz Dangel
Actors: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer
Production: Katrin Schlösser
Distribution: Edition Senator
102 Min., DCP, colour, German

Berlin, late 70s: Nelly Senff, a scientist, travels from the GDR to the BRD with her son. They end up in the Marienfelde refugee centre where she is subjected to protracted questioning and is unable to escape the memories of her old life. The film tells of Nelly’s hopes and doubts and the difficulty of really arriving…

Christian Schwochow
Christian Schwochow, born 1978 on the island of Rügen. Grown up in Leipzig and East-Berlin, since 1990 in Hanover, where he worked as a journalist. Then he studied at the film acadamy Baden-­Württemberg. First success with his film feature debut NOVEMBERKIND.

Films (selection)
2006    Marta und der fliegende Großvater
2008    Novemberkind
2011    Die Unsichtbare
2012    Der Turm