The Beginner
5.9
A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of 40 years. Back on the ice, she tries to revive long suppressed childhood dreams – and makes a new friend, Jolina Kuhn, Berlin’s youth figure skating champion. Through her new friend, Annebarbel begins to open up and break away from her dominant mother.
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Cast
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Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dr. Annebärbel Buschhaus
Known for
Antibodies
A Woman in Berlin
Annekathrin Bürger
Dr. Irene Hanschke
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Back on Track
Maria Rogozina
Jolina Kuhn
No other roles listed
Christine Errath
Christine Errath
Rainer Bock
Rolf Buschhaus
Known for
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Freud
Stephan Grossmann
Horst Kuhn
Known for
Blood & Gold
Sanctuary
Franziska Weisz
Birgit Zernitz
Known for
Stations of the Cross
Hotel
Tatja Seibt
Gertrud
Known for
Dark
Back on Track
Judith von Radetzky
Margit Axmann
Also in
Herzschlag - Das Ärzteteam Nord
The Weissensee Saga
Volker Ranisch
Holger
Also in
Der letzte Zeuge
NSU German History X
Aliya Ania Antonella Amberg
Annebärbel Buschhaus ( klein)
No other roles listed
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Herr Decker
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Alexandra Sell Director · Halina Daugird Editor Vessela Martschewski Editor
First release August 29, 2017 · Produced in Germany · Production Cine Plus Filmproduktion, ZDF
Production
Flare Film
Production
Cine Plus Filmproduktion
Production
ZDF
Production
ARTE
Production
Lichtblick Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Die Anfängerin
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 29, 2017
Premiere
Germany · January 18, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 8, 2019 · TV · ARTE
Germany
March 8, 2019 · TV · ARTE
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