Summary
15-year-old Elise is longing for a happy family life, but her mother Betty is weak and egocentric. She drowns her problems in alcohol. Everything seems to turn out good when they meet Ludwig. But he does not fall in love with Betty, he loves Elise.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most dramas, −15 min on the typical 109
typical 10994Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2012
October 11, 2012
14 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more20 people
- Jasna Fritzi BauerElise
- Christina GroßeBetty
- Hendrik DurynLudwig
- Annekathrin BürgerTante Gisela
- Katharina EckerfeldKathi
- Marie-Anne FliegelTante Helga
- Hilmar EichhornHauswart
- Johannes GabrielAndreas
- MGMartin GreifSanitäter
- LOLotte OhmLehrerin
Lucas ReiberKai
Saskia RosendahlLena
Axel SchreiberBenny- MWMichael WächterKlaviertransporteur
Matthias WindeKlaviertransporteur- CKChristian KlischatChristbaumverkäufer
Maria EhrichAnke- MHMaria HäuserEvelyn
- TSTom-Aurelio Shiva DubeyEdgar
- CSCarola SiggRadiomoderatorin
Directing · 3
- Wolfgang Dinslage Director
- Antje Ritter Assistant Director
- Brigitte Bruch Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Erzsébet Rácz Writer
Production · 5
- Marcel Lenz Producer
- Guido Schwab Producer
- Simone Bär Casting
- Susan Füllmich Unit Manager
- Antje Krutz Production Manager
Camera · 2
- Kai Rostásy Director of Photography
- Uli Krause Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Andreas Baltschun Editor
Sound · 3
- Sebastian Schmidt Sound Designer
- Axel Arft Sound
- Olaf Mehl Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Stephan von Tresckow Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Sonja Hesse Costume Design
- Astrid Lehmann Makeup Artist
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