WESTWIND / RETRÓSZERELEM

STORY

Doreen and Isabel are 17-year-old twins from rural Saxony in the GDR. The two are successful oarswomen practicing hard to be accepted at a renowned boarding school for athletes. In 1988, they have the chance to spend the summer at Lake Balaton in the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. Already on their way to the young pioneer camp, the twins meet a group of guys from the West German city of Hamburg. Doreen falls in love with Arne. For the first time the sisters don’t share everything and need to take the most momentous decision of their lives.

DIRECTOR:
ROBERT THALHEIM

PRODUCERS:
SUSANN SCHIMK
JÖRG TRENTMANN

CO-PRODUCER:
JUDIT STALTER
GABOR SIPOS
GABOR RAJNA

SCREENPLAY:
ILJA HALLER
SUSANN SCHIMK

DOP:
EEVA FLEIG

EDITORS:
STEFAN KOBE
CHRISTOPH STURM
OLIVER GOTHOFF

PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
SUSANNE ABEL

COSTUME DESIGNER:
NADINE KREMEIER

SOUND:
ANTON FEIST
UWE BOSSENZ
DETLEF SCHITTO

MUSIC:
CHRISTIAN CONRAD

COMMISSIONING EDITORS:
CHRISTIAN CLOOS (ZDF)
DORIS HEPP (ZDF/ARTE)
BIRGIT KÄMPER (ARTE)

MAIN CAST:
FRIEDERIKE BECHT
LUISE HEYER
FRANZ DINDA
VOLKER BRUCH
HANS UWE BAUER
HANNES WEGENER
ALBRECHT SCHUCH
GOLO EULER
OLE FISCHER

YEAR OF PRODUCTION:
2011

DISTRIBUTION:
ZORRO FILM

WORLD SALES:
BETA FILM