Content
A typical German family in a world that has been shaken: Tim (Lars Eidinger), Milena (Nicolette Krebitz), their twins Frieda (Elke Biesendorfer) and Jon (Julius Gause) and Milena’s son Dio (Elyas Eldridge) – these are the Engels. A family that lives more side by side than together and with not connections to each other when the housekeeper Farrah (Tala Al-Deen) enters their lives. The mysterious woman from Syria puts the Engels’ world to an unexpected test and brings to light feelings that have long been hidden. She has a plan of her own that will change the lives of the Engels family forever.
Festivals
2025
Berlin International Film Festival Opening Film - Special Gala
Awards
2025
German Film Awards
Nominated - Best visual effects
Robert Pinnow
Nominated - Best sound
Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Markus Stemler, Alexander Buck
Production Companies
- X Filme Creative Pool
- in co-production with
- Gold Rush Productions
- Gretchenfilm
- B.A. Filmproduktion
- ZDF
Producers
Co-producers
- Annegret Weitkämpfer-Krug
- Josef Reidinger
Commissioning Editors ZDF
- Frank Zervos
- Daniel Blum
Director & Screenwriter
DOP
- Christian Almesberger
Sound
- Bernhard Joest-Däberitz
Sound Design
- Frank Kruse
- Matthias Lempert
- Alexander Buck
Production Design
- Tim Tanke
Costume design
- Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Hair and Make-Up
- Emilia Grund
- Jan Kempkens-Odemski
Editors
- Alexander Berner
- Claus Wehlisch
Music
- Johnny Klimek
- Tom Tykwer
Artistin direction of the songs
- Eike von Stuckenbrok
Casting
- Alexandra Montag
Cast
- Lars Eidinger
- Nicolette Krebitz
- Tala Al-Deen
- Elke Biesendorfer
- Julius Gause
- Elyas Eldridge
- Toby Onwumere
- Mudar Ramadan
- Joyce Abu-Zeid
- Mido Koitani