After the death of her mother, Alice, who was born out of wedlock, learns that her father, who was thought to be dead, is still alive. Unopened letters from the estate put the 18-year-old on the trail of the composer Max Rab, one of her mother's ex-lovers. Under a pretext, Alice manages to move in with the supposed Rab father. When she falls in love with Max, things get complicated...
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Anna Thalbach
Alice
Known for
A Dangerous Method
Krabat
August Zirner
Max Rab
Known for
Colonia
The Counterfeiters
Beat Lottaz
Jutta Boehe
Isabelle Menke
Pati
Known for
It Takes Two To Tango
Monika Schmid
Sebastian Rudolph
Daniel
Known for
Dark
Stalingrad
Iris von Kluge
Irene
Also in
Das Schneeparadies
Ein Mord für Quandt
Edgar Selge
Professor Merck
Known for
The Experiment
Wetlands
Katalin Zsigmondy
Myrtha Glas
Also in
Rosenstrasse
Onkel Wanja
Dieter Pfaff
Rab 1
Also in
Der Fahnder
Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Hermann Treusch
Rab 2
Also in
Die Straßen von Berlin
Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist
Beat Lottaz Director · Monika Schmid Writer Rolf Romberg Cinematographer
First release December 9, 1992 · Produced in Switzerland, Germany · Production Radio Bremen, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen für die deutsche und rätoromanische Schweiz (SF DRS)
Production
Radio Bremen
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
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Switzerland · Germany
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English
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German
Release dates
Germany · December 9, 1992
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No release date listed for United States.
Switzerland
January 1, 1993 · Solothurn Film Festival
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