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The German Friend | |
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Directed by | Jeanine Meerapfel |
Starring | Celeste Cid Max Riemelt Hartmut Becker Benjamin Sadler Jean Pierre Noher Fernán Mirás Daniel Fanego Adriana Aizemberg |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | Argentina Germany |
Languages | Spanish German |
The German Friend is a 2012 German-Argentine war romantic drama film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel, and starring Argentine actress Celeste Cid and German actor Max Riemelt. The film premiered on September 18, 2012, at the Argentine GFF (German Film Festival), in Buenos Aires.[1] It tells the story of Sulamit, daughter of Jewish German immigrants, and Friedrich, son of Nazi German immigrants; they meet when they were teenagers in the Buenos Aires of the 1950s.[2] The big political changes in Germany and the National Reorganization Process in Argentina serve as the background for the film.