Storyline
Malchow, German Democratic Republic, 1980. 20-year-old Anne is hiding Juri, a deserter of the Red Army. The two fall in love with each other. But their love is threatened: there is an arrest warrant and possibly a death sentence waiting for Juri. The two leave the country and flee to the West, leaving Anne’s six-month-old daughter Inga behind. Inga grows up with her grandparents and thinks that her mother died during a swimming accident. 25 years later she meets the literature professor Robert, who sends her on the trail of her past. He met Inga’s mother Anne during one of his seminars. At first Inga is resistant, but then she asks for Robert’s help. Together they take off on a journey through Germany, in search of Inga’s mother Anne...
Cast & Crew
Anna Maria Mühe
Inga/Anne
Lead
Ulrich Matthes
Robert
Christine Schorn
Christa Kaden
Hermann Beyer
Heinrich Kaden
Yevgeni Sitokhin
Jurij
IP
Ilja Pletner
Jurij
Thorsten Merten
Alexander
Adrian Topol
Alexander jung
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christian Schwochow's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. November Child is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
