SYNOPSIS

Amid German reunification in 1990, 50-year-old Patty first loses her job and then her friend Jelena. In a small East German town, she collects discarded objects and meets the younger Franz. When her flat becomes so full of belongings that she can no longer enter it, she sets out into a colorful forest. A journey through landscapes and history begins—carrying away more than just her.

CREW

writer & director & editor LUISE DONSCHEN director of photography HELENA WITTMANN production designer FANNY WELZ costume MARIE GERSTENBERGER & ULRIKE PLEHN gaffer MAX BERG sound JOHANNES DOBERENZ & JOHANN MEIS dramaturg HERBERT SCHWARZE

production manager MAXIMILIAN SEIDEL assistant production manager MASCHA PACHAEL producers' assistant HELENA VON MECHOW 1st unit manager CHRISTIAN FELDNER 1st ad OLIVER GRÜTTNER 2nd ad JONAS ERLER casting director ULRIKE MÜLLER intimacy coordinator BIANCA GLEISSINGER location scout MARIE ANHUT location manager ALEXANDER THIEL set unit manager SABRINA SOMMER assistant set unit manager HENDRIK HARTRODT 1st assistant camera LEON BRANDT 2nd assistant camera JOHANNA SCHELER camera grip & grip MANUEL PADILLA SCHEBEN camera loader FENJA JAHN assistant production designer JUDITH PROLLIUS art director SARA WENDT props master (exterior) HANNAH NONNAST set dresser ELENA HAHN construction crew FELIX-SÖREN MEYER set costumer ANNICK REGNAULT assistant set costumer FREDDY SCHÖNFELD additional costume crew ROMY PITTELKAU props driver DAVAAJARGAL CHIMEDDORJ & ANTON HIRSCHMANN art department intern UJU CHOI special makeup effects artist LYDIA DREES & MANUEL PADILLA SCHEBEN best boy electric LUC BROCKER lighting technician OLE DIETZ & BENEDICT AUFZUG additional lighting technician MATHILDA KRUSCHEL production driver PATRICK HANS

sound design NIKA SON & JAKOB SPENGEMANN mixing TOBIAS ADAM grading TIM LIEBE

Feature
93 minutes | Germany, 2026

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starring GERTI DRASSL, MANUELA BIEDERMANN, POLA FRIEDRICHS, CLEMENS BOBKE, NELE CHRISTOPH, UWE PREUSS, JAN KAMPMANN, PETER SCHNEIDER

funded by DIE BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN, MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG, MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS, MBB MEDIENBOARD

produced by FÜNFERFILM & NEWMATTERFILMS producer JULIA CÖLLEN, FRANK SCHEUFFELE, KARSTEN KRAUSE & LUISE HAUSCHILD, MARIAM SHATBERASHVILI