Directed by:
Til SchweigerCinematography:
Christof WahlCast:
Til Schweiger, Johanna Wokalek, Steffen Wink, Alexandra Neldel, Nadja Tiller, Mark Keller, Imogen Kogge, Axel Stein, Armin Rohde, Michael Mendl, Jürgen Vogel (more)Plots(1)
Nick Keller is not without reason known as the black sheep of his family. He has never been able to hold a job. So he's not exactly optimistic when the job centre finds him a position in a psychiatric clinic, especially since it turns out that he's been hired to keep the place clean. In this very clinic Leila saunters along the hallways in her nightgown and barefoot as usual. She has been locked up all her life – at first by her overly protective mother, and since she died, in the clinic. Why keep on living? Nick is just in time to save her from committing suicide. But he has no idea of the consequences this will have for him. In Leila's mind, he is the first person who has ever done anything especially for her. When he leaves, she secretly follows him into his own world, a world she has never experienced before. Barefoot. That's all Nick needs. His stepfather Heinrich rejects him altogether, his career-obsessed brother Viktor is about to marry Nick's first great love Janine, and his mother is the only one who takes his side. And no matter what he does, Leila never leaves his side. Somehow he kind of likes the way she is – finally a woman who admires him and needs him. And so he even dares to take her home to his parents where he is expecting a major confrontation with the family... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Til Schweiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/348/167348931_fd1cdf.jpg)
Til Schweiger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
![Johanna Wokalek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/931/160931098_a00d17.jpg)
Johanna Wokalek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
North Face (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Steffen Wink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/305/159305995_5cc666.jpg)
Steffen Wink
West Germany
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Barefoot (2005)
Sources of Life (2013)
![Alexandra Neldel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/489/158489988_2b516e.jpg)
Alexandra Neldel
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (2001)
Lommbock (2017)
![Nadja Tiller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579976_1ead1c.jpg)
Nadja Tiller
Austria
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
Rosemary (1958)
![Mark Keller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/190/169190344_lw1dha.jpg)
Mark Keller
West Germany
![Imogen Kogge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/800/157800148_3472fe.jpg)
Imogen Kogge
Best movies:
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Barefoot (2005)
Russendisko (2012)
![Axel Stein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/888/160888974_f63aa8.jpg)
Axel Stein
West Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
Barefoot (2005)
How to Be Really Bad (2018)
![Armin Rohde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414880_48a180.jpg)
Armin Rohde
West Germany
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Barefoot (2005)
![Michael Mendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270583_0a6740.jpg)
Michael Mendl
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
![Jürgen Vogel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790903_lewix1.jpg)
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Michael Gwisdek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271766_899430.jpg)
Michael Gwisdek
German Empire
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
![Gerit Kling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/800/157800143_505a02.jpg)
Gerit Kling
East Germany
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Where Is Fred!? (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Florian Fitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678577_f379bf.jpg)
Florian Fitz
West Germany
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Barefoot (2005)
Equilibrium (2002)
![Paula Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/535/160535332_04fe3d.jpg)
Paula Paul
West Germany
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Gigantics (1999)
Ein Tick anders (2011)
![Jürgen Rißmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/555/159555636_6423a9.jpg)
Jürgen Rißmann
West Germany
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Barefoot (2005)
Sources of Life (2013)
![Fanny Staffa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/840/159840259_afca63.jpg)
Fanny Staffa
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Janine Kunze](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/037/169037956_xjm4gl.jpg)
Janine Kunze
West Germany
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Barefoot (2005)
Four Against the Bank (2016)
Markus Maria Profitlich
West Germany
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Der Geheimnisvolle Schwiegersohn (2007) (TV movie)
Lauras Stern und die Traummonster (2011)
![Tanja Baumgart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/309/160309717_6488c0.jpg)