The German Friend
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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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Cast
17 people
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Sulamit Löwenstein
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Jeanine Meerapfel Director · Víctor González Cinematographer Andrea Wenzler Editor
First release September 18, 2012 · Produced in Argentina, Germany · Languages German, Spanish
Production
Malena Films GmbH
Production
Geißendörfer Film-und Fernsehproduktion
Production
WDR
Production
Argentina · Germany
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Languages
Original title
El amigo alemán
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
German · Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · September 18, 2012
Theatrical
Germany · October 13, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
October 13, 2012 · Theatrical
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