Lea

Lea (1996)

RomanceDrama

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea's initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.

Director: Ivan Fíla
Writer: Ivan Fíla

Casts

	Lenka Vlasáková as Lea
	Christian Redl as Strehlow
	Hanna Schygulla as Wanda
	Miroslav Donutil as Gregor Palty
	Udo Kier as Block
	Gerd Lohmeyer as Postmaster
	Tereza Větrovská as Young Lea
	Ivo Gogál as Lea's father
	Klára Jirsáková as Lea's mother
	Oliver Stritzel as Doctor
	Herman van Ulzen as Administrator
	Zuzana Kronerová as Beata Paltyova
	Soňa Valentová as Doctor
	Mojmír Kučera as Jakub
	Ján Melkovič as Station-master
	Stano Dančiak as Hotel-keeper

Crew