The Green Desert

The Green Desert

93 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1999

Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.

The Green Desert

93 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1999

The Green Desert
Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Trebitsch Produktion International (TPI)
Original title Grüne Wüste
Directors Anno Saul
Writers Swenja Karsten

Cast

Martina Gedeck

as Doris

Ulrich Noethen

as Detlef

Heino Ferch

as Simon

Corinna Harfouch

as Krankenschwester

Robert Gwisdek

as Johann

Karin Gregorek

as Lehrerin

Tatjana Trieb

as Katja

Feo Aladag

as Krankenschwester

Patricia Driese

as Bille

Gina Friedrichs

as Mannu

Michou Friesz

as Freundin Doris

Barry Gordon

as Alex

Michael Hanemann

as Fritz

Albrecht Hummel

as Ritter

Julia Palmer-Stoll

as Chrissi

Stefanie Richter

as Krankenschwester

Stefan Rutz

as Schaffner