

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.
Director: Michael Klier

Laura Tonke
Elfie

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Suzanne von Borsody
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Edmund
Gustaw Barwicki
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