Eastern Cross

Eastern Cross (1991)

July 23rd, 19911h 23min

Drama, TV Movie
63%

Overview

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.


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