The Beginner (2018)
A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of 40 years. Back on the ice, she tries to revive long suppressed childhood dreams – and makes a new friend, Jolina Kuhn, Berlin’s youth figure skating champion. Through her new friend, Annebarbel begins to open up and break away from her dominant mother.
Director: Alexandra Sell
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Ulrike Krumbiegel as Dr. Annebärbel Buschhaus |
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Annekathrin Bürger as Dr. Irene Hanschke |
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Maria Rogozina as Jolina Kuhn |
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Christine Errath as Christine Errath |
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Rainer Bock as Rolf Buschhaus |
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Stephan Grossmann as Horst Kuhn |
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Franziska Weisz as Birgit Zernitz |
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Tatja Seibt as Gertrud |
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Judith von Radetzky as Margit Axmann |
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Volker Ranisch as Holger |
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Aliya Ania Antonella Amberg as Annebärbel Buschhaus ( klein) |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as Herr Decker |
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Roswitha Dost as |
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Gerda Böken as |
| Directing | Alexandra Sell | Director |
| Editing | Halina Daugird | Editor |
| Crew | Kolja Raschke | Cinematography |
| Sound | Can Erdogan | Music |
| Writing | Alexandra Sell | Writer |
| Editing | Alexandra Sell | Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Sus | Music |
| Production | Gabriele Simon | Producer |
| Editing | Vessela Martschewski | Editor |
| Production | Martin Heisler | Producer |
| Production | Helge Neubronner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Frank Evers | Co-Producer |
| Production | Joachim Ortmanns | Co-Producer |
| Production | Katrin Schlösser | Co-Producer |
| Art | Beatrice Schultz | Production Design |