Hanna gives up her big dream of competitive swimming in the GDR and flees with her best friend Andreas, who has come under the scrutiny of the state authorities, across the Baltic Sea in the summer of 1989. Fifty kilometers of water separate them from freedom. And only a thin, connecting cord around their wrists saves them from absolute loneliness.
Germany Premiere: 45. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (FFMOP) 2024
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Audience Award Best Film Best Young Acting Talent for Willi Geitmann Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Filmfestival Bremen Best Film from the Bremen Region
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland Grenzland Filmtage achtung berlin Filmfestival Neisse Filmfestival Filmkunstfest MV
Team
Produced by Wood Water Films, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg & SWR und arte Script & Director: Sarah Neumann Based on the Novel from: Dorit Linke Producer: Karoline Henkel, Jasper Mielke, Arto Sebastian Producer: Nicola Pantzke, Felix Schreiber Production Coordinator: Maximilian Seidel Editorial Office: Stefanie Groß (SWR), Jan Berning (SWR) DoP: Nikolaus Schreiber Scene design: Lorena Hahn Kostümbild: Mara Laibacher Mask design: Selina Schardt Editor: Elena Schmidt Production Sound & Sound Supervision Max Hartstang Sounddesign: Bjarne Taurnier, Kevin Sliwinski, Marieke Czogalla & Rachel Oker Additional Sound design: Foley Artist: Henrike Sommer & Marike Czogalla Foley Recordist: Max Hartstang Foley Edit: Kai Ebert, Kilian Oser & Michael Bötticher Dialog Edit: Max Hartstang, Rachel Oker, Angelo Diaz & Moritz Melber Pre-Mix: Thomas Rother Re-Recording Mixer: Jonathan Rösch & Marc Lehnert Music: Dominik Matzka Casting: Patrick Dreikauss, Natascha Zimmermann
