Nina, a mentally ill teenage orphan, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fall in love but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. Meanwhile, Francoise is picked up at a Berlin psychiatric hospital by her husband, Pierre. After spotting Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but no one believes her.
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Cast
13 people
Julia Hummer
Nina
Known for
Carlos
The State I Am In
Claudia Geisler
Heimleiterin
Sabine Timoteo
Toni
Known for
Bodkin
The Gryphon
Marianne Basler
Françoise
Known for
Anthracite
Jeanne du Barry
Aurélien Recoing
Pierre
Known for
Blue Is the Warmest Color
13 Tzameti
Benno Fürmann
Oliver
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Joyeux Noel
Anna Schudt
Kai
Known for
Das Boot
Scene of the Crime
Claudia Geisler-Bading
Heimleiterin
Known for
Barbara
Sound of Falling
Philipp Hauß
Mathias
Also in
Music and Apocalypse
Other People's Money
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Mathias' Mutter
Known for
Pagan Peak
Alive and Ticking
Peter Kurth
Vorarbeiter
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Criminal: Germany
Annika Blendl
Agentin
Known for
Rabbit Without Ears 2
Luna's Revenge
Christian Petzold Director · Harun Farocki Screenplay Stefan Will Composer
First release February 15, 2005 · Produced in France, Germany · Languages French, German
Production
Schramm Film
Production
Les Films des Tournelles
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
BR
Production
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Production
Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
Production
France · Germany
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Languages
Original title
Gespenster
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 2005
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · September 15, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 16, 2008 · TV · ARTE
Germany
May 5, 2005 · Premiere · Schwerin Art of Film Festival
June 25, 2016 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
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