Eastern Cross

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

S

Stefan Cammann

Edmund

G

Gustaw Barwicki

Gustav

H

Henry Marcinkowski

Dicker Henry

Beatrice Manowski

Karla

L

Lutz Weidlich

Polizist

M

Michael Krause

Polizist

Sophie Rois

Friseuse

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