Directed by:
Isabelle SteverCinematography:
James CarmanComposer:
Jochen ArbeitCast:
Carlo Ljubek, Stefan Rudolf, Anne Weinknecht, Esther Zimmering, Judith Hoersch, Camilla Renschke, Horst Markgraf, Arved Birnbaum, Thomas Balou Martin (more)Plots(1)
A case of the eternal triangle. Gisela, a young married woman, leads a fairly pleasant existence somewhere in a council flat. Georg and Paul, two happy-go-lucky slackers, spend most their time bragging about their sexual exploits and boozing it up. Getting the local girls in the sack was never much of a problem for them. Gisela, however, is not an easy catch, and never was: "Back then I woulda done her, but now she's just fat, old and ugly," says Georg. "Besides, she's still not letting anybody have it." But Paul becomes Gisela's lover. Georg is dead set against it, and gives free rein to his destructive energies. We see three people linked by loneliness. They project their desires onto each other. Their chances of fulfilling their expectations don't look all that rosy, but as things go on it seems they might even end up finding fortune's favour. "For me GISELA is a story about freedom. Georg, Paul and Gisela are not concerned with morality in a conventional sense, and that's why it thrills me to find them so modern. Accordingly, I wanted to give the characters a non-judgemental, matter-of-fact authenticity. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Carlo Ljubek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Off Beat (2004)
Stefan Rudolf
East Germany
Best movies:
Offroad (2012)
Operation Zucker (2012) (TV movie)
The Sinking of the Laconia (2010) (TV movie)
Anne Weinknecht
West Germany
Best movies:
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Ein Tisch in der Provence (2020) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Esther Zimmering
East Germany
Best movies:
Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009) (TV movie)
Vivere (2007)
München 72 - Das Attentat (2012) (TV movie)
Judith Hoersch
West Germany
Best movies:
Guys and Balls (2004)
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
Starfighter (2015) (TV movie)
Camilla Renschke
West Germany
Best movies:
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Boys Just Wanna Have Fun (2003) (TV movie)
Arved Birnbaum
East Germany
Best movies:
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Thomas Balou Martin
West Germany
Best movies:
Rock My Heart (2017)
Not My Day (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Christoph Krix
West Germany
Best movies:
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Barbara (2012)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Anna Loos
East Germany
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008) (TV movie)
Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009) (TV movie)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Andreas Grötzinger
Sweden
Best movies:
Nymph()maniac: Volume 1 (2013)
The Grump: In Search of an Escort (2022)
Tatort (1970) (series)