Film · Drama, TV Movie

Eastern Cross (1991)

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.

Director

Michael Klier

Writers

Karin Aström, Michael Klier

Country

Germany

Language

German

Release date

July 23, 1991

Original title

Ostkreuz