Anita (Senta Berger) and Fred (Bruno Ganz) have been together for some 50 years and are happily married for just as long.  They have two grown-up children, their granddaughter is just about to finish school.  Both cannot only look back on a fulfilled live – they are still in the middle of it.  Up to now they have not told their family that Fred is gravely ill.  For the first time in all those years, Fred allows himself to do things that affront his wife.  For the first time Anita feels left alone and calls their relationship into queistion.  But a love like theirs doe not end like that.  In fact, it should never end…

cast Bruno Ganz, Senta Berger, Leonie Benisch, Carina Wiese, Barnaby Metschurat, Traute Hoess, Thomas Limpinsel, Sylviana Krappatsch

writers Sophie Heldman, Felix zu Knyphausen

director Sophie Heldman

casting Simone Bär Casting

dop Christine A. Maier

editor Isabel Meier

costume design Manfred Schneider

commissioning editor Andrea Hanke, Anke Krause (WDR), Georg Steinert (ARTE), Lilian Räber (SF)

co-producer Karin Koch

producer Titus Kreyenberg

in coproduction with Dtschoint Ventschr, WDR, SF and Arte

funded by Film und Medienstiftung nrw, BKM, Zürcher Filmförderung, DFFF and Eurimage

development supported by ACE

distribution Farbfilm Verleih

sales agent Beta Cinema

European Time for Peace Film & Music Awards: Best Direction of Actor in a Leading Role;

Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis: Best Script

in competition in San Sebastian IFF 2010, Locarno IFF 2011, Haifa IFF 2011, Asuncion IFF 2011, Palms Springs IFF 2011, Bozen Film Days 2011, Espoo Cine IFF, Minneapolis-St. Paul IFF, Kolkata Film Festival, Pantalla Pinamar, Argentina, Int. Hofer Filmtage, Bieberach Filmfestspiele, 9.IFF "Spirit on Fire"