THE INVENTION OF THE CURRIED SAUSAGE
by Ulla Wagner
synopsis
During the last throes of the war, Lena Bruecker is 47 years old. Her children have left the roost and her husband has been stationed on the eastern front for years. After an evening in a movie theater, which, as usual, ends up in an air-raid shelter, she takes Petty Officer Bremer home with her. Lena offers him a place to stay – first only for the night, but then for good. Facing the cold, hopeless front as an alternative, Bremer decides to desert in the morning. Lena's apartment becomes an island, on which both of them enjoy drifting: Bremer, is too young to die in the final battle of a hopeless war, while Lena is still young enough to feel her passion for life.
international title: | The Invention of the Curried Sausage |
original title: | Die Entdeckung der Currywurst |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Tag/Traum Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ulla Wagner |
screenplay: | Ulla Wagner |
cast: | Barbara Sukowa, Alexander Khuon, Wolfgang Böck, Branko Samarovski, Astrid Meyerfeldt, Goetz Schubert |
cinematography by: | Theo Bierkens |
film editing: | Corina Dietz |
art director: | Benedikt Herforth |
music: | Benedikt Herforth |
producer: | Gerd Haag |
production: | Tag/Traum Filmproduktion, Känguruh-Film, Ego Media (LV) |
backing: | Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA), BKM, Filmstiftung NRW, Nordmedia |
distributor: | Schwarz Weiss Filmverleih |