Silent Friend (2026)
In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Dr. Tony Wong |
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Léa Seydoux as Dr. Alice Sauvage |
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Luna Wedler as Grete |
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Enzo Brumm as Hannes |
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Sylvester Groth as Anton |
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Yun Huang as Jule |
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Luca Valentini as Francesco |
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Marlene Burow as Gundula |
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Felix Burose as Max |
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Rainer Bock as prof. Winterhalter |
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Johannes Hegemann as Thomas |
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Sky Hofmann as Peter |
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Martin Wuttke as Herr Fuchs |
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Christian Braun as Student 1908 (uncredited) |
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Koppány Gerner as Friend at the Pond (uncredited) |
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György Méhész as Friend at the pond (uncredited) |
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Kristóf Vajda as Friend at the Pond (uncredited) |
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Johannes Scheidweiler as Udo |
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Julian Rodich as Student in cafeteria #1 (uncredited) |
| Production | Reinhard Brundig | Producer |
| Directing | Ildikó Enyedi | Director |
| Production | Xie Meng | Producer |
| Writing | Ildikó Enyedi | Writer |
| Production | Mónika Mécs | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nicolas Elghozi | Producer |
| Production | Scott Barley | Production Assistant |
| Production | Olivier Père | Co-Producer |
| Production | Orsi Kmetty | Line Producer |
| Camera | Gergely Pálos | Director of Photography |
| Production | Irma Ascher | Casting |
| Production | Nina Haun | Casting |
| Art | Beatrix Petõ | Art Direction |
| Art | Vicky von Minckwitz | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Badalova | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurélie Cerveau | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Geoffrey Coppini | Hair Department Head |
| Production | Dimitri Billecocq | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Gábor Czibere | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Kristina English | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Csaba Henyei | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Edit Nagy | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Guillaume Parent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Elke Sasserath | Production Manager |
| Directing | Edina Galgócz | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | István Kolos | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nicole Schreider | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Barbara Hartwich | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Oliver Achatz | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Noemi Hampel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Michael Schlömer | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Daniel Sobrino | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jérôme Wiciak | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | André Zacher | ADR Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Róbert Pálos | CG Artist |
| Camera | Péter Adamkó | Camera Trainee |
| Crew | Willi Andrick | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Virág Belákovics | Camera Trainee |
| Camera | Rudi Kurth | Key Grip |
| Camera | Péter Kéry-Kovács | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Dániel Megyeri | Video Assist Operator |
| Lighting | Menráth András | Electrician |
| Camera | Márton Székely | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lukas Nickel | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Robert Patzelt | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Bálint Seress | Loader |
| Camera | Simonics Balázs | Key Grip |
| Camera | Gergely Skublics | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Jannis Sonthoff | Camera Trainee |
| Camera | Alexander Suer | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Szilágyi Lenke | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Melanie Vetter | Loader |
| Crew | Attila Ágoston | Loader |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kolos Andrea | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ágnes Mecseki | Seamstress |
| Editing | Máté Ternyik | Colorist |
| Editing | Dóra Vaszily | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Zsolt Ficsor | Assistant Location Manager |
| Directing | Barbara Krieger | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Csilla Bíró | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | György Méhész | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | Patrick Dreikauss | Additional Casting |
| Production | Erik Gyercán | Extras Casting Coordinator |
| Production | Beatrix Nemesházi | Extras Casting |
| Production | Scott Barley | Production Consultant |
| Visual Effects | Béla Klingl | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Károly Szalai | Editor |
| Art | Imola Láng | Production Design |
| Sound | Gábor Keresztes | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kristóf Kelemen | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peri de Bragança | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Alnazer Mohamad Fawzi | Visual Effects Designer |
| Visual Effects | Péter Csintalan | Visual Effects Designer |
| Production | Kornél Kódor | Location Manager |
| Production | Bence Sági | Location Manager |
| Production | Dávid Surányi | Location Manager |
| Crew | Tina Kaiser | Dramaturgy |
| Writing | Corinne Le Hong | Dialogue |
| Production | Xie Meng | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Ádám Bürös | Driver |
| Crew | Márton Nevigyánszky | Driver |
| Crew | Gábor Molnár | Medical Consultant |
| Crew | Norbert Klingner | Legal Services |
| Production | Rita Gergely | Finance |
| Production | Aranka Jakab | Accounting Clerk Assistant |
| Art | Tamas Stadler | Props |
| Production | Dániel Benjair | Unit Manager |
| Production | Aranka Jakab | Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | András Bagoly | Stand In |
| Crew | Scott Barley | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Gosztony | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Bence Kanyó | Grip |
