The German Friend (2012)
The German Friend (2012)
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.

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Celeste Cid Celeste Cid As: Sulamit Löwenstein
Max Riemelt Max Riemelt As: Friedrich Burg
Benjamin Sadler Benjamin Sadler As: Michael Tendler
Hartmut Becker Hartmut Becker As: Herr Werner Kunheim
Joaquín Berthold Joaquín Berthold As: Polaco
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Storyline

It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.


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Certification: 12

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Genres: Drama, Romance

Language: Deutsch, Español

Release Date: 18 September 2012

Country: AR, DE

Runtime: 100m

Company Credits

Company: Malena Films GmbH, Geißendörfer Film-und Fernsehproduktion, WDR

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Víctor González

Víctor González

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