Sanctuary

Coming of Age/Youth Film, Germany 2015

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Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.

Awards

SCHLINGEL Film Festival Children and Youth Film Award of the Goethe-Institut
German Film Award 2013 Best Screenplay
Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2015 Youth Jury Award Audience Award

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Director:

Marc Brummund

Composer:

Anne Nikitin

Editor:

Hans Funck

Cast:

Louis Hofmann (Wolfgang Rosenkötter)

Alexander Held (Brockmann)

Max Riemelt (Brother Krapp)

Stephan Grossmann (Brother Wilde)

Katharina Lorenz (Ingrid)

Uwe Bohm (Heinz)

Langston Uibel (Anton)

Enno Trebs (Bernd)

Original title:

Freistatt

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 14 years

Ratings:

FBW "especially valuable"

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German