Sechzehneichen

Sechzehneichen

88 mins | Nov. 28, 2012

A young couple moves to a gated community (named Sechzehneichen), where soon the creative wife (a photographer) gets bored and the husband joins a secret mens' club. All the other wives seem strangely conservative and shallow. Basically a thinly veiled take on the Stepford Wives, just without any bit of humor or atmosphere, but instead filled with the sterile, unflinching and dry seriousness that makes watching a lot of our German films such a drag and a miserable experience.

Sechzehneichen

88 mins | Nov. 28, 2012

Sechzehneichen
A young couple moves to a gated community (named Sechzehneichen), where soon the creative wife (a photographer) gets bored and the husband joins a secret mens' club. All the other wives seem strangely conservative and shallow. Basically a thinly veiled take on the Stepford Wives, just without any bit of humor or atmosphere, but instead filled with the sterile, unflinching and dry seriousness that makes watching a lot of our German films such a drag and a miserable experience.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers ARD, HR
Original title Sechzehneichen
Directors Hendrik Handloegten
Writers Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloegten

Cast

Heike Makatsch

as Laura Eichhorn

Mark Waschke

as Nils Eichhorn

Sandra Borgmann

as Ella

Marc Hosemann

as Ludwig

Alexander Beyer

as Konstantin

Anatole Taubman

as Ansgar

Jonas Nay

as Tim

Lavinia Wilson

as Marlene

Stephanie Eidt

as Sophie

Michael Benthin

as Faller

Loretta Pflaum

as Clarissa

Jan Henrik Stahlberg

as Staatsanwalt

Nora Jokhosha

as Cleo