WEST
synopsis
Two suitcases and a cuddly toy – that’s all Nelly and her son Alexej take with them to start their new lives in the West. A Volkswagen stops outside their house in East Berlin. A West German takes them across the border. Nelly claims they are getting married. She is nervous. It’s summer, the late 70s, three years after Wassilij’s death. Nelly’s boyfriend died in a car accident. Ever since, she has been wanting to leave, too...
international title: | West |
original title: | Lagerfeuer |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Christian Schwochow |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | DE 27/03/2014, UK 12/06/2015 |
screenplay: | Heide Schwochow |
cast: | Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer, Anja Antonowicz |
cinematography by: | Frank Lamm |
film editing: | Jens Klüber |
art director: | Jan Müller |
costumes designer: | Kristin Schuster |
music: | Lorenz Dangel |
producer: | Thomas Kufus, Barbara Buhl |
co-producer: | Christoph Friedel, Helge Sasse, Katrin Schlösser |
production: | Zero One Film, Ö Filmproduktion, Terz Filmproduktion, Senator Film Produktion |
distributor: | Senator Filmverleih, Dulac Distribution, Verve Pictures |