Immensee

Immensee

1989 · 84 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Romance

Young Elisabeth goes on a country trip with her mother, her friends Reinhard and Erich, their parents and the pastor. While the adults prepare a picnic lunch, the three youngest members of the group are asked to look for berries for dessert. The dutiful Erich eagerly collects them, while Elisabeth and Reinhard set off together in search of fruit. They find a hiding place they had built years ago. Although they still love each other, Elisabeth is sad. Reinhard will leave the next day to study in another city and will only visit her rarely. She doesn't know how she will go on living without him. She picks him a water lily as a memento and he gives her a goldfinch in a cage.

Directed by Klaus Gendries · Written by Bernd Schirmer

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Maren Schumacher Elisabeth
Axel Wandtke Reinhard
Dirk Wäger Erich
Simone Thomalla Zigeunerin
Karin Gregorek Elisabeths Mutter
Monika Lennartz Reinhards Mutter
Lech Ordon korpulenter Mann
Rolf Colditz Erichs Vater
Kurt Götz Knecht
Arno Wyzniewski Professor Masdörfer
Jörg Schüttauf Student
Georg Leopold Bärtiger

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