Elder Blossom

Synopsis

The film tells the story of the East Prussian landscape and its inhabitants. At one time Germans, Poles, Lithuanians and Jews lived here alongside and with one another. After World War II and the expulsion of Germans by Stalin, the Prussian province turned into a Russian enclave. Volker Koepp’s fourth film about the Kaliningrad region is dedicated to the generation, born in the '90s, and familiar with the Soviet Union and East Prussia only from school books. Parents and grandparents who were forcefully resettled to where they are now have never really felt at home. In the meantime they have hopelessly succumbed to unemployment and alcohol. Their children can only rely on themselves. Older siblings look after the younger ones, they play with what lies around, and the girl Ljuda can’t wait to finally turn eighteen, to be able to take her brothers home from the orphanage. The film has much confidence in the children. But what will become of them?

Main Cast

Fritzi Haberlandt

Narrator (voice)

Age : 48 | Popularity : 26%

Volker Koepp

Narrator (voice)

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Rainer Böhm
Crew	Cinematography	Thomas Plenert
Directing	Director	Volker Koepp
Production	Producer	Volker Koepp
Writing	Writer	Volker Koepp Barbara Frankenstein
Editing	Editor	Beatrice Babin
Department	Role	Name

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