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Eastern Cross

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Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1991-07-23

Runtime: 83 mins

Director: Michael Klier

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Original title: Eastern Cross

Production Companies: Michael Klier Film

Production Countries: Germany

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