The Longing

Synopsis

It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve wife. Lena's daily life is characterized by grinding monotony, a life narrowly circumscribed by nursing, organ playing and the duties of the marriage bed. The mysterious murder of a village girl suddenly knocks this humdrum existence off its tracks. In the wake of these events Lena discovers the affection and tenderness for which she has always longed in Paul, the village mechanic. This encounter is the start of an emancipation that leads her not to reveal Paul's secret regarding the girl's murder, for fear of losing her newly won piece of happiness. In turn it means she has to remain silent, as she has always done in her many years of marriage. So it is that this love ultimately turns Lena herself into a fallen angel.

Main Cast

Susanne-Marie Wrage

Lena

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Klaus Grünberg

Johannes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Robert Lohr

Paul

Age : 58 | Popularity : 22%

Heidemarie Rohweder

Martha

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Manfred Kranich

Griesbacher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Peter Lerchbaumer

Huber

Age : N/A | Popularity : 23%

Eva Löbau

Verkäuferin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Sigrid Skoetz

Frau im Laden

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Author	Iain Dilthey Silke Parzich
Directing	Director	Iain Dilthey
Production	Producer	Till Schmerbeck
Camera	Director of Photography	Justus Pankau
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