SYNOPSIS

Amid German reunification in 1990, 50-year-old Patty first loses her job and then her friend Jelena. In a small East German town, she collects discarded objects and meets the younger Franz. When her flat becomes so full of belongings that she can no longer enter it, she sets out into a colorful forest. A journey through landscapes and history begins—carrying away more than just her.

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writer & director & editor LUISE DONSCHEN director of photography HELENA WITTMANN 1st ad OLIVER GRÜTTNER production designer FANNY WELZ costume MARIE GERSTENBERGER & ULRIKE PLEHN gaffer MAX BERG compositions BASTIAN HAGEDORN sound JOHANNES DOBERENZ & JOHANN MEIS

2nd ad JONAS ERLER 1st assistant camera LEON BRANDT 2nd assistant camera JOHANNA SCHELER camera grip & grip MANUEL PADILLA SCHEBEN camera loader FENJA JAHN assistant production designer JUDITH PROLLIUS art director SARA WENDT props master (exterior) HANNAH NONNAST set dresser ELENA HAHN construction crew FELIX-SÖREN MEYER set costumer ANNICK REGNAULT assistant set costumer FREDDY SCHÖNFELD additional costume crew ROMY PITTELKAU art department intern UJU CHOI special makeup effects artist LYDIA DREES & MANUEL PADILLA SCHEBEN props driver DAVAAJARGAL CHIMEDDORJ & ANTON HIRSCHMANN best boy electric LUC BROCKER lighting technician OLE DIETZ & BENEDICT AUFZUG additional lighting technician MATHILDA KRUSCHEL

production manager MAXIMILIAN SEIDEL assistant production manager MASCHA PACHAEL producers' assistant HELENA VON MECHOW 1st unit manager CHRISTIAN FELDNER location scout MARIE ANHUT location manager ALEXANDER THIEL set unit manager SABRINA SOMMER assistant set unit manager HENDRIK HARTRODT production driver PATRICK HANS

sound design NIKA SON & JAKOB SPENGEMANN ard recording KONSTANTIN KIRILOW & FILIPP FORBERG re-recording mix TOBIAS ADAM grading & mastering TIM LIEBE graphic design JIM KÜHNEL subtitles & translation MAYA CONNORS dramaturg HERBERT SCHWARZE

Feature
93 minutes | Germany 2026

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starring GERTI DRASSL, MANUELA BIEDERMANN, POLA FRIEDRICHS, CLEMENS BOBKE, NELE CHRISTOPH, UWE PREUSS, JAN KAMPMANN, PETER SCHNEIDER

funded by DIE BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN, MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG, MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS, MBB MEDIENBOARD

produced by FÜNFERFILM & NEW MATTER FILMS producer JULIA CÖLLEN, FRANK SCHEUFFELE, KARSTEN KRAUSE & LUISE HAUSCHILD, MARIAM SHATBERASHVILI

distribution GRANDFILM GMBH