A Minute’s Silence

A Minute’s Silence

2016 · 89 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Romance, TV Movie

The end of a summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that must not be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, the 18-year-old Christian falls in love with his new English teacher Stella Petersen. In a moment of unexpected lightness and freedom, in the dunes and seascape far away from the small town, Stella and Christian discover a shared longing and an attraction to each other, the intensity of which both overwhelmed. But soon after class has begun again, the secret relationship between the young teacher and her pupil threatens the scandal ...

Directed by Thorsten Schmidt · Written by Thorsten Schmidt

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Julia Koschitz Stella Petersen
Jonas Nay Christian Voigt
Uwe Preuss Wilhelm Voigt
Thure Lindhardt Ulrik Quedens
Alexander Held Rektor Block
Nina Petri Jutta Voigt
Johannes Allmayer Jürgen Kugler
Henny Reents Frauke Bruns
Klaus Manchen
Manfred Möck
Hermann Beyer Johann Petersen
Maximilian Gehrlinger Georg Bisanz

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