Poka - Heisst Tschüss auf Russisch (2014)
In 1990 Kazakhstan, Alexander’s family receives an acceptance letter to Germany, but his son Georg marries Russian Lena, who becomes pregnant. They move to Germany, facing harsh conditions in a reception camp. Their honeymoon is spent in a gymnasium with other late repatriates. Georg struggles, while Lena, a former Komsomol member, faces fatal consequences in the market economy.
Director: Anna Hoffmann
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Natalia Belitski as Lena |
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Pavlo Antonov as Georg |
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Karin Hanczewski as Kasia |
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Levin Henning as Jens |
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Regina Kletinitch as Lusja |
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Jelena Knyaseva-Shmal as Maria |
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Olga Landina as Svetlana |
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Elisabeth Müller as Irina |
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Thomas Pabst as Mischa |
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Kida Khodr Ramadan as Deniz |
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Yuri Rozstalnyi as Alexander |
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Gennadi Vengerov as Paschkin |
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Patrick von Blume as Rektor |
| Production | Oliver Haller | Producer |
| Editing | Melanie Sorge | Editor |
| Camera | Uli Schmidt | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Peter Schmidt | Sound |
| Production | Stephan Grobe | Producer |
| Art | Juliya Levitskaya | Production Design |
| Writing | Anna Hoffmann | Writer |
| Art | Sebastian Wurm | Production Design |
| Writing | Oliver Haller | Writer |
| Directing | Anna Hoffmann | Director |
| Camera | Andreas Höfer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Martina Eisenreich | Original Music Composer |