Directed by:
Gregor SchnitzlerScreenplay:
Jane AinscoughCast:
Paula Kalenberg, Franz Dinda, Hans-Laurin Beyerling, Carina N. Wiese, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Tom Wlaschiha, Claire Oelkers, Jennifer Ulrich, Richy Müller (more)Plots(1)
Hannah is a perfectly ordinary 16-year-old schoolgirl in the town of Schlitz, northeast of Frankfurt, where hardly anything ever happens. Her single mother has to attend a congress in another city, leaving Hannah in charge of her pestering little brother Uli. Nevertheless, it's a very special day for her: she gets her first kiss from Elmar, her new boyfriend. Just at this moment the sirens begin to wail. A core melt accident has occurred in a nearby nuclear reactor. A huge radioactive cloud is heading straight toward Schlitz. In its wake some 38,000 people are immediately killed by the fall-out, thousands of others contaminated. Chaos breaks out in the town. No plans have been made for the disaster; anarchy reigns. Elmar has arranged to pick up Hannah and Uli in order to escape by train, but they are not there when he arrives. He also doesn't find them on the train he manages to catch.
Hannah hasn't made it. In her panic she has tried to reach the station by bicycle, but Uli is run over by a car in the chaotic traffic and Hannah is caught by the radioactive cloud. She wakes up in the hospital, not expecting to live very long. But then Elmar returns to her. He, too, is contaminated. Now they have only one ray of hope: their love.
(Berlinale)
Cast
![Paula Kalenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/987/168987567_n4xi00.jpg)
Paula Kalenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Vom Atmen unter Wasser (2008) (TV movie)
A Year in Winter (2008)
Jew Suss: Rise And Fall (2010)
![Franz Dinda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276051_a8c8e6.jpg)
Franz Dinda
East Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
A Year in Winter (2008)
The Speer and Hitler: Devil's Architect (2005) (series)
Hans-Laurin Beyerling
Germany
Best movies:
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Die Wolke (2006)
My Brother Is a Dog (2004)
![Carina N. Wiese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932543_d7d00c.jpg)
Carina N. Wiese
East Germany
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
The Book Thief (2013)
Phantom Pain (2009)
![Gabriela Maria Schmeide](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/470/159470852_ea4ec6.jpg)
Gabriela Maria Schmeide
East Germany
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Grill Point (2002)
![Tom Wlaschiha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/297/163297405_95d8c8.jpg)
Tom Wlaschiha
East Germany
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Rush (2013)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Claire Oelkers
Best movies:
Die Wolke (2006)
Galaxy of Horrors (2017)
![Jennifer Ulrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/501/159501585_478fce.jpg)
Jennifer Ulrich
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
The Elementary Particles (2006)
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
![Richy Müller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312320_a3b5d7.jpg)
Richy Müller
West Germany
Best movies:
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Four Minutes (2006)
![Karl Kranzkowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/247/160247494_7856f5.jpg)
Karl Kranzkowski
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
Highway Society (2000)
![Dirk Galuba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/178/158178187_04178a.jpg)
Dirk Galuba
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
![Joram Voelklein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/422/160422504_e5abeb.jpg)
Joram Voelklein
Germany
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Fashion Victims (2007)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Daniel Roesner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/259/159259386_5c72b7.jpg)
Daniel Roesner
West Germany
Best movies:
A Quiet Life (2010)
Turbo & Tacho (2013) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Nicole Marischka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/177/169177888_a2x17s.jpg)
Nicole Marischka
West Germany
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Homevideo (2011) (TV movie)
Everyone Else (2009)
![Sven Gielnik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/305/159305804_ff25f2.jpg)
Sven Gielnik
Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Wolke (2006)
Zwei zum Fressen gern (2006) (TV movie)
![Eckhard Preuß](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/324/159324846_5f467b.jpg)
Eckhard Preuß
West Germany
Best movies:
God´s mighty servant (2011) (TV movie)
Where Is Fred!? (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Ulrike Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/284/161284379_fa07c9.jpg)
Ulrike Arnold
Best movies:
Girl You Know It's True (2023)
Stalingrad (1993)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Johannes Habla
Best movies:
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Wolke (2006)
![Brigitte Jaufenthaler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/685/160685301_3be645.jpg)
Brigitte Jaufenthaler
Austria
Best movies:
The Silent Mountain (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Wolke (2006)
![Emanuela von Frankenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/318/160318613_1d6add.jpg)
Emanuela von Frankenberg
Switzerland
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Fantômas (1980) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)