Based on an autobiographic novel by Anita Lenz, the movie focuses on a apparently happy couple whose marriage turns out to be a big lie. Maja, author of architectural books, lives in Berlin, while her husband Helmut works as a professor of literature in the small town of Tübingen. Despite their long distance relationship, she thinks their marital harmony is perfect, until Helmut tells her about an affair with another woman. Maja is hurt even more by the fact that her husband's mistress isn't a young woman, but 43 years old and mother of Helmut's child...
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Iris Berben
Maja
Known for
Eddie the Eagle
Triangle of Sadness
Robert Atzorn
Helmut
Known for
From the Life of the Marionettes
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Matti Geschonneck
Oliver Berben
Also in
Das Miststück
Hannah Hollinger
Ulrike Kriener
Christine
Known for
Welcome to Hartmanns
Girls on Top
Anita Lenz
Andrea Kuhn
Michael Gwisdek
Bert
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
Old Agent Men
Sibylle Canonica
Claire
Michael Schweiger
Erni Mangold
Mutter Claire
Known for
Before Sunrise
3096 Days
Matti Geschonneck Director · Hannah Hollinger Screenplay Anita Lenz Author
First release December 30, 2002 · Produced in Germany · Production KirchMedia
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ARTE
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KirchMedia
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Germany
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · December 30, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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