Eastern Cross
OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who 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, Stefan Cammann, Gustaw Barwicki, Henry Marcinkowski, Beatrice Manowski, Lutz Weidlich, Michael Krause, Mirosław Baka, Sophie Rois, Martin Trettau, Suzanne von Borsody
Crew: Bettina Böhler (Editor), Karin Aström (Screenplay), Sophie Maintigneux (Director of Photography), Michael Klier (Director), Fred Frith (Original Music Composer)