Eastern Cross

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Laura Tonke Elfie

Mirosław Baka Darius

Suzanne von Borsody Mutter

Stefan Cammann Edmund

Gustaw Barwicki Gustav