Trümmermädchen

Trümmermädchen

Drama, History | Oct. 28, 2021

Germany, 1946. Hunger, rubble, returning soldiers. Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved returnee does not want her or his child. In order to win him over and escape the impending shame, she enrolls in the "missing course" of actress Gloria Deven, who was an up-and-coming film star under Fascism and is now banned from working. But Gloria, with her merciless lessons, is not interested in reviving the coquetry of girls that became superfluous in the war. Instead, she awakens in Lotte a longing for something too long denied her: Freedom.

Trümmermädchen

Drama, History | Oct. 28, 2021

Trümmermädchen
Germany, 1946. Hunger, rubble, returning soldiers. Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved returnee does not want her or his child. In order to win him over and escape the impending shame, she enrolls in the "missing course" of actress Gloria Deven, who was an up-and-coming film star under Fascism and is now banned from working. But Gloria, with her merciless lessons, is not interested in reviving the coquetry of girls that became superfluous in the war. Instead, she awakens in Lotte a longing for something too long denied her: Freedom.
Producers Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR Fernsehen, Simonsays.pictures GmbH [de]
Original title Trümmermädchen
Directors Oliver Kracht
Writers Oliver Kracht

Cast

Laura Balzer

as Lotte

Lara Feith

as Corinna

Katja Hutko

as Pauline

Till Wonka

as Hans

Henning Flüsloh

as Ludwig

Philipp Karner

as Miller

Annette Mayer

as Mutter

Hede Beck

as Hebamme

Luzia Oppermann

as Erste Krankenschwester

Viktoria Miknevich

as Zweite Krankenschwester

Mona Georgia Müller

as Verlobte

Anselm Roser

as Fotograf

Raphael Westermeier

as Beamter

Daniel Noël Fleischmann

as junger Mann

Antonio Lallo

as Regisseur

Arne Löber

as deutscher Junge

Jannik Mühlenweg

as deutscher Junge

Jonathan Peller

as junger Deutscher

Georg Blumreiter

as Heinrich