Eastern Cross

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.

Cast

Laura Tonke

Elfie

Mirosław Baka

Darius

Suzanne von Borsody

Mutter

Stefan Cammann

Edmund

Gustaw Barwicki

Gustav