PREVIEW: Undine (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Paula Beer (Frantz), Franz Rogowski (A Hidden Life), Jacob Matschenz (Run If You Can), Maryam Zaree (A Quintet), Julia Franz Richter (The Diver Inside), Rafael Stachowiak (Lollipop Monster), Anne Ratte-Polle (Wanja), Gloria Endres de Oliveira (Strawberry Bubblegums), José Barros (Tempo Girl)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christian Petzold (Transit), director, writer; Florian Koerner von Gustorf (Phoenix) and Michael Weber (Foxtrot), producers; Hans Fromm (Yella), cinematographer; Bettina Böhler (Hounded), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Undine (Beer) is a historian who specialises in Berlin urbanism, who suffers a romantic crisis when she meets and starts a passionate affair with industrial diver Christoph (Rogowski)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Passionate human drama combines with ancient mythology in filmmaker Christian Petzold’s elegant and deeply beautiful drama, with plenty of unexpected twists and turns which may or may not harken back to certain fantastical urban legends.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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