Ada Hänselmann presents her debut novel. However, the numerous guests are only interested in the 82-year-old legendary actor Nino Winter and his autobiography. The two meet again in the evening at the hotel bar. Ada involves Nino in a game - he is supposed to play a detective and shadow her. After a tour of the city, the games continue: Both are to answer any five of the other's questions honestly. Nino is skeptical, but eventually there are hundreds of questions, big and small, casual and existential, about life, love, fame, transience: what would Nino look like as a woman, what was nature thinking when it created the family, what does love sound like, what does death mean? Ada and Nino become allies of the night. They have to jump over their own shadows and a magical closeness develops between them. It is an encounter that neither of them will ever forget...
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Cast
9 people
Fritzi Haberlandt
Ada Hänselmann
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Deutschland
Mario Adorf
Nino Winter
Known for
The Tin Drum
The Italian Connection
Irm Hermann
Verlegerin
Known for
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Maria Faust
Reporter
Also in
The Visitor
Rainer Egger
Dubious Man
Known for
Frantz
The Red Violin
Samuel Finzi
Vater
Known for
Generation War
Unfamiliar
Lina Beckmann
Mother with Baby
Known for
Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt
Bastian Trost
Empfangsmitarbeiter / Man in TV Movie
Known for
The Lives of Others
Never Look Away
Sebastian Weber
Fahrer
Known for
3096 Days
Otto's Eleven
Lola Randl Director · Philipp Pfeiffer Cinematographer Andreas Wodraschke Editor
First release July 2, 2012 · Produced in Germany, Italy · Production WDR
Production
Coin Film
Production
WDR
Production
Germany · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Die Libelle und das Nashorn
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 2, 2012
Premiere · Filmfest München
Germany · December 6, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Switzerland
September 22, 2012 · Digital
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