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2007
1h 40m
4.8(5 votes)
Drama

Overview

A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very day the kingdom of Romania takes leave of its ally of many years - Nazi Germany - thus ending the 800 year old, highly successful story of ethnic German immigration at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a great story of young people's blindness to the rise of Fascism, the destruction of bourgeois values, a first love and shattered friendships.

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Cast & Crew

22 members
Acting

Oliver Stritzel

Eugen Goldschmidt

Oliver Stritzel
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Florian Brückner

Engelbert Goldschmidt

Florian Brückner
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David Zimmerschied

Felix Goldschmidt

David Zimmerschied
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Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

Gisela Glückselig

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś
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Marion Mitterhammer

Hermine

Marion Mitterhammer
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Stefan Murr

Csontos

Stefan Murr
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Werner Prinz

Grossvater Goldschmidt

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Ioana Iacob

Alfa Sigrid Binder

Ioana Iacob
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Axel Moustache

Hans Adolf Bediner

Axel Moustache
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Margitai Ági

Grandmother Goldschmidt

Margitai Ági
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Victoria Cociaș

Mrs. Goldschmidt

Victoria Cociaș
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Monica Ghiuță

Countess Filality

Monica Ghiuță
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Ovidiu Schumacher

Rev. Stamm

Ovidiu Schumacher
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Matthias Franz Stein

Karlibuzzi

Matthias Franz Stein
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Dorel Vișan

Mailat

Dorel Vișan
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Carl Achleitner

Young publisher

Carl Achleitner
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Radu Dinulescu

Mr. Gluckselig

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Irina Deac

Mrs. Gluckselig

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Vlad Rădescu

Colonel Popescu

Vlad Rădescu
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Boris Gaza

Roland

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Directing

Radu Gabrea

Dr. Schul

Radu Gabrea
Crew

Mihai Iliescu

Man in leather coat

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