“No matter what happens I'll be with you.”
Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.
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Cast
31 people
Martina Gedeck
Doris
Known for
The Lives of Others
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Ulrich Noethen
Detlef
Known for
Downfall
Furia
Anno Saul
Gero Steffen
Kirsten Ellerbrake
Swenja Karsten
Heino Ferch
Simon
Known for
Downfall
Napoleon
Jutta Lieck-Klenke
Börries Hahn-Hoffmann
Corinna Harfouch
Krankenschwester
Known for
Downfall
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Heiner Stegelmann
Robert Gwisdek
Johann
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Move
Rose
Anno Saul Director · Swenja Karsten Writer
United States release February 26, 2000 · Produced in Germany · Production ARTE, Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH
Production
ZDF
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ARTE
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Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH
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Germany
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Original title
Grüne Wüste
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Argentina · November 23, 1999
Theatrical
United States · February 26, 2000
Cinequest Film Festival
Germany · January 25, 2001
Theatrical
Austria
April 20, 2001
Hungary
October 5, 2002 · Bavarian Film Week
Taiwan
December 2, 2000
United Kingdom
October 22, 2000 · Raindance Film Festival
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