Nordstrand

Jan 22, 2013

1h 29m

★ 4.4

Overview

NORDSTRAND tells the story of two brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast. Older brother Marten would like to pick up together their mother from prison where she has been since the death of their violent father years ago. But Volker seems only to have come in order to sell the house. He apparently can't forgive neither his mother nor his older brother for the fact they didn't protect him from the abuse committed by the head of the family.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bergfilm Produktion

Radio Bremen

Nordstrand Trailers

Cast

Volker

Daniel Michel

Marten

Martin Schleiß

Enna

Luise Berndt

Mutter

Anna Thalbach

Vater

Rainer Wöss

Marten (15 Jahre)

Lennart Bartels

Volker (Kind)

William Boer

Frau Suhren

Martina Krauel

Marten (Kind)

Louis Lex

Björn

Jan Waßmuth

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