Directed by:
Ina WeisseCinematography:
Judith KaufmannCast:
Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois, Thomas Thieme, Winnie Böwe, Thorsten Merten, Ruth Bickelhaupt (more)VOD (1)
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Alexander (Ilja Monti), a serious, young teenager auditions at a prestigious Berlin music school. The vote is split, but Anna Bronsky (Nina Hoss) stands up for him insisting she can train him. Her obsessive quest begins to make the boy's vocation distinct and draw out of him the unique sound she believes he possessed in his audition. However, Alexander does not respond well to her increasingly strict and regimented approach. Simultaneously, her personal life is collapsing. Her husband is seemingly aware of an affair she is having and her gifted 10-year-old musical son is disdainful towards her. She is invited to join a quintet by her colleague and lover, Christian (Jens Albinus), a promising respite, but is reluctant to perform in concert and her eventual participation leads to an exceptionally embarrassing experience. Anna is pushed over the edge and doubles down on Alexander. Come the day of his exam, events take a tragic turn. (New Wave Films)
(more)Cast
Nina Hoss
West Germany
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
Tár (2022)
The Elementary Particles (2006)
Simon Abkarian
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Casino Royale (2006)
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Jens Albinus
Denmark
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The Idiots (1998)
Ilja Monti
Germany
Best movies:
The Audition (2019)
Serafin Mishiev
Best movies:
The Audition (2019)
Sophie Rois
Austria
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
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Thomas Thieme
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
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Winnie Böwe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Audition (2019)
Sweethearts (2019)
Meine fremde Freundin (2017) (TV movie)
Thorsten Merten
East Germany
Best movies:
Curveball (2020)
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The Elementary Particles (2006)
Ruth Bickelhaupt
Best movies:
The Audition (2019)
In My Room (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Alexander Hörbe
Germany
Best movies:
The Captain (2017)
Rencontres nocturnes (1999)
Three (2010)
Henning Peker
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Hildegard Schmahl
German Empire
Best movies:
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Der junge Häuptling Winnetou (2022)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)