Directed by:
Nina GrosseScreenplay:
Nina GrosseCinematography:
Benedict NeuenfelsComposer:
Stefan WillCast:
Sebastian Koch, Katja Riemann, Sylvester Groth, Tobias Moretti, Robert Gwisdek, Barbara Auer, Elisa Schlott, David Bredin, Holger DoellmannPlots(1)
No one was really prepared for the early release of former Red Army Faction terrorist Jens Kessler. During his 18 years in prison, his family, friends and ex-comrades had forged ahead with their lives, each coping in their own way with the misguided idealism of their youth; each projecting their own fantasies of heroism or failure onto Jens.
But now Jens is free. And for Inga, his great love and mother of his son, the past and present slam into each other during Jens' first weekend in freedom. Not only Inga is tormented by conflicting emotions and unsolved issues; Inga's husband, Jens' sister and a former RAF comrade are also unsettled by the proud and inscrutable Jens. Why are they really spending the weekend in this secluded country house? Is it to finally make peace with the past?
Jens doesn't mince his words: he wants to know who betrayed him to the police back then. Old suspicions and accusations erupt with searing intensity. The situation escalates when Gregor, Jens' son, unexpectedly arrives, forcing his father to confront him for the first time in his life. Hurling all his bitterness and rage at him, Gregor also presses his mother Inga to take a stand for or against Jens. As the weekend draws to a close, it becomes chillingly clear to everyone involved that nothing will ever be the same again. And that this may be their salvation ...
(Berlinale)
Cast
![Sebastian Koch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/723/166723184_b57efd.jpg)
Sebastian Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Black Book (2006)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
![Katja Riemann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/834/162834245_f1d6ef.jpg)
Katja Riemann
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Bandits (1997)
The Foster Boy (2011)
![Sylvester Groth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279930_490671.jpg)
Sylvester Groth
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Reader (2008)
![Tobias Moretti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/726/166726591_333c41.jpg)
Tobias Moretti
Austria
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
![Robert Gwisdek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/768/168768781_c6nvy9.png)
Robert Gwisdek
Best movies:
Dying (2024)
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
Die Glasbläserin (2016) (TV movie)
![Barbara Auer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/787/168787296_9nuofh.jpg)
Barbara Auer
West Germany
Best movies:
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
The Book Thief (2013)
Grzimek (2015) (TV movie)
![Elisa Schlott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/272/163272412_f4ac23.jpg)
Elisa Schlott
Germany
Best movies:
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)
Nichts mehr wie vorher (2013) (TV movie)
![David Bredin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/104/161104988_0ebbc7.jpg)
David Bredin
West Germany
Best movies:
Free Rainer (2007)
Beat (2018) (series)
I Will Not Be Silent (2017) (TV movie)
Holger Doellmann
Best movies:
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Operation Zucker (2012) (TV movie)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)