Visitation
6.7
A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
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Cast
15 people
Lars Eidinger
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Personal Shopper
Martina Gedeck
Known for
The Lives of Others
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Ulrich Matthes
Known for
Downfall
A Hidden Life
Michael Maertens
Known for
Phoenix
Bibi & Tina
Susanne Wolff
Known for
Unfamiliar
Styx
Stella Denis-Winkler
Elisabeth Kaplan
Also in
Salem
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Greta Ipfelkofer
Gerda
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Post Empire
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Josefin Platt
Hermine Engel
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Dirt
Wigand Witting
Gärtner
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The Tin Drum
Teufelsmoor
Peggy Bachmann
Gast der Schriftstellerin
Also in
Der letzte Bissen
Matthias Hungerbühler
Dr. Ernst Kaplan
Also in
The Circle
Lonely Hearts Club
Nora Moltzen
Ilse
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Polizeiruf 110
Volker Schlöndorff Director · Jenny Erpenbeck Author Annette Focks Composer
First release May 16, 2026 · Produced in Germany · Production StudioCanal, Studio Babelsberg
Production
Ziegler Film
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StudioCanal
Production
Studio Babelsberg
Production
Volksfilm
Production
Mideu Films
Production
Germany
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Original title
Heimsuchung – Eine Jahrhundertgeschichte
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
France · May 16, 2026
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany · October 15, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · Jewish International Film Festival
Austria
November 1, 2026 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
China
November 15, 2026 · Premiere · Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival
Georgia
September 19, 2026 · Premiere · Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
September 21, 2026 · Premiere · KINO/26
Netherlands
October 15, 2026 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 12, 2026 · Theatrical
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