The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living

The Dead and the Living

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2012
1h 51m
4.6(12 votes)
Drama

Overview

The personal journey of young Sita is not only an expedition into her family's burdened past during World War 2. It is also a journey to the abyss of modern European society, a trip which takes her from Berlin to Romania via Vienna and Warsaw - about losing one's homeland and discovering oneself, about hope and responsibility.

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Komplizen Film
Coop99 Filmproduktion

Cast & Crew

33 members
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Anna Fischer

Sita

Anna Fischer
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August Zirner

Lenzi Weiss, Sitas Vater

August Zirner
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Winfried Glatzeder

Michael Weiss

Winfried Glatzeder
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Wanja Mues

Gunther

Wanja Mues
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Daniel Sea

Silver

Daniel Sea
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Hanns Schuschnig

Gerhard Weiss

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Itay Tiran

Jocquin

Itay Tiran
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Almut Zilcher

Marianne, Sitas Mutter

Almut Zilcher
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Emily Cox

Agnes, junge Frau in Auschwitz

Emily Cox
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Kristina Bangert

Gerda Weiss, Lenzis Frau

Kristina Bangert
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Lukas Czapski

Archivmitarbeiter in Warschau

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Maja Samchanova

Seda

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Franciszek Norman

Joshua

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Karl Alexander Seidel

Raimund

Karl Alexander Seidel
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Leoni Tenius

Sara

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Heidi Baratta

DÖW-Mitarbeiterin

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Ramzan Magomadov

Sedas Bruder

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Konstantin Gerlach

Student im Hörsaal

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Trude Ackermann

Alzheimerpatientin

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Yohanna Schwertfeger

Sitas Freundin Katja

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Malgorzata Gajda

Mitarbeiterin in Warschau

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Raisa Ciulin

Romamädchen

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Ekaterina Kreh

Alte Frau in Siebenbürgen

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Bartek Gudejko

Hausbesetzer

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Bernhard Höttnitz

Arzt

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Tobias Gollner

Sebi

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David Gollner

Sebi

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Leonie Stella Berger

Milli als Kind

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Marija Ognianosha

Milli als junge Frau

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Martha Flaschka

Milli als ältere Frau

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Lucas Amesberger

Gerhard als junger Mann

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Stella Aschauer

Sita als Kind

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Béla Baptiste

Emile

Béla Baptiste

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