The Nail

The Nail

I have been waiting for you for 30 years

2012 · 28 min · Drama

The film is set in Berlin in 1965. Τhe old woman welcomes the Commissioner at her doorstep with the words “I have been waiting for you for 30 years”. She has been maintaining for years the grave, where now by accident, this skull was found. The skull, has a rusty nail in it. In a long monologue, the woman confesses for the first time, her tragic life story.

Directed by Philipp Döring · Written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase

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