A Birthday to Remember
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A Birthday to Remember

5.5 / 10 2003 1h 33mNR German
Drama

Storyline

Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.

Cast & Crew

Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek

Lene

Lead
Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Rosemarie

Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

Lukas

Peter Simonischek

Peter Simonischek

Goetz Hildebrand

FG

Frank Giering

Paul

Alexander Beyer

Alexander Beyer

Vincenz

DS

Ditte Schupp

Esther

Julia Gschnitzer

Julia Gschnitzer

Tante Mietzel

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hans Steinbichler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. A Birthday to Remember is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker