Rival
6.2
“His mother belongs to him. Only to him.”
Young Roman and his mother Oksana leave Ukraine and go to Germany, where she works illegally while they both live with Gert, an old widower who tries to befriend Roman, who struggles for his mother's attention and sees Gert as a rival.
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Cast
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Yelizar Nazarenko
Roman
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Maria Bruni
Oksana
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Ablaze
Lars Hubrich
Marcus Lenz
Yuriy Beliy
Hansjörg Weißbrich
Udo Samel
Schwarz
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Piano Teacher
Gunter Hanfgarn
Bernd Euscher
Nina Kastorf
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Beatrice Schultz
Jule Böwe
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Known for
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Russendisko
Marcus Lenz Director · Lars Hubrich Screenplay Frank Amann Cinematographer
United States release October 21, 2020 · Produced in Germany, Ukraine · Languages German, Ukrainian
Production
Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion
Production
BelkaStrelka Worldwide
Production
wildfilms
Production
Germany · Ukraine
Produced in
1000 Ameisen
Working title
Languages
Original title
Rivale
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Ukrainian
Release dates
South Korea · October 21, 2020
Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
United States · October 21, 2020
virtual cinema AFI Fest
Germany · June 2, 2022
Theatrical
India
January 10, 2021 · Kolkata International Film Festival
Portugal
January 21, 2021 · Kino Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã
Russia
August 30, 2021 · Premiere · Mirror Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival
Spain
July 26, 2021 · Premiere · Atlàntida Film Fest
July 26, 2021 · Digital · Filmin
Taiwan
September 24, 2021 · Limited theatrical · 台北電影節
May 11, 2024 · TV · CinemaWorld
Ukraine
October 8, 2021 · Premiere · New German Cinema Festival
United Kingdom
November 1, 2021 · Digital
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