Promising the Moon

Promising the Moon (2011)

Drama

Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased husband Juris. She becomes increasingly lost in her forgetfulness and suddenly demands, like a child, gentleness. It’s an uncomfortable situation for Sofia who must now take care of her mother. Sofia’s growing realization that Marga’s past also affects her own gives Sofia impetus to make a sudden journey with her mother to Riga. This is where Marga grew up and where she married Juris. But the more Sofia learns about her mothers, the less clear it becomes who she herself is.

Director: Hans Steinbichler

Casts

	Hannelore Elsner as Marga Baumanis
	Juliane Köhler as Sofia Schleier
	Karoline Herfurth as Young Marga Baumanis
	Niklas Kohrt as Juris Baumanis
	David Kross as Young Osvalds Kalnins
	Rüdiger Vogler as Osvalds Kalnins
	Matthias Brandt as Lorenz Schleier
	Juta Vanaga as Young Ieva Lepere
	Dace Eversa as Ieva Lepere
	Victoria Trauttmansdorff as Dr. Brandt
	Maria Popistașu as Dace Kalnins
	Hans-Jochen Wagner as Taxifahrer
	Fritzi Haberlandt as Ruta Bertulis
	Jockel Tschiersch as Juris Vater
	Hans-Uwe Bauer as Margas Vater
	Georg Holzach as Paul Kehlmann
	Jürg Löw as Redaktionsleiter Hans

Crew