Eastern Cross
Original title: Ostkreuz
6.7(10)19911h 23mDE
Directed by Michael Klier
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.
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