Storyline
"Maria am Wasser" tells a story of the search in symbolic allusions and beautiful, fairytale pictures. The search for love, past, reconciliation and forgiveness. Summer 1983 in Saxony. A tank drives with four children of the orphanage "Frohe Zukunft" through the Elbe. The excursion seems to end fatally for all children, as the tank sinks. 22 years later, organ builder Marcus Lenk returns to his home village of Neusorge and claims to be one of the children. Marcus is perplexed: no one recognizes him. Not even his father Hannes, who lives with a few sheep, nor his mother Mary, who runs the orphanage with a strict hand, believe in his identity.
Cast & Crew
Alexander Beyer
Marcus
Lead
Annika Blendl
Alena
Falk Rockstroh
Konrad
Hermann Beyer
Hannes
Wladimir Tarasjanz
Sascha
LE
Louis El-Ghussein
Janek
Marie Gruber
Maria
Klaus Manchen
Fährmann
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Thomas Wendrich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Maria am Wasser is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
