Cast
Nina HossCredits
Written by: 
Christian Petzold
Produced by: Florian Koerner von Gustorf Jochen Kölsch Bettina Reitz
Plot
A soldier returns from Afghanistan to Prignitz and becomes involved with a married woman.
Sinekatalog’s take
Christian Petzold's noir updates The Postman Always Rings Twice to the German northeast, with a veteran, a fruit-stand owner and his wife. Nina Hoss is superb in a spare, tense story of money and desire.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (3,857 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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