Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.
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Film Cast:
- Undine: Paula Beer
- Christoph: Franz Rogowski
- Monika: Maryam Zaree
- Johannes: Jacob Matschenz
- Anna: Anne Ratte-Polle
- Jochen: Rafael Stachowiak
- Nora: Julia Franz Richter
- Antonia: Gloria Endres de Oliveira
- Miguel: José Barros
- Server: Enno Trebs
- Usher: Christoph Zrenner
- Police Officer: Stefan Walz
- Woman in Museum: Bita Steinjan
Film Crew:
- Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf
- Screenplay: Christian Petzold
- Producer: Michael Weber
- Camera Operator: Hans Fromm
- Production Design: Merlin Ortner
- Thanks: Bettina Böhler
- Makeup Artist: Franziska Röder
- Assistant Director: Ires Jung
- Commissioning Editor: Olivier Père
- Makeup Artist: Scharka Cechova
- Gaffer: Christoph Dehmel-Osterloh
- Commissioning Editor: Andreas Schreitmüller
- Commissioning Editor: Caroline von Senden
- Co-Producer: Margaret Ménégoz
- Commissioning Editor: Rémi Burah
- Sound Designer: Dominik Schleier
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Martin Steyer
- Casting: Simone Bär
- Sound Designer: Benjamin Hörbe
- Commissioning Editor: Alexander Bohr
- Costume Design: Katharina Ost
- Production Manager: Dorissa Berninger
- Set Decoration: Tom Hecker
- Unit Production Manager: Anton Kaiser
- Unit Manager: Matthias Ruppelt
- Property Master: Stephanie Moldrings
- Property Master: Nils Strnad
- Sound Assistant: Marco Krüger
- Sound Mixer: Andreas Mücke-Niesytka
- Foley Artist: Carsten Richter
- Foley Editor: Kuen-Il Song
- Foley Mixer: Hanse Warns
- ADR Recordist: Fabian Weigmann
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Gilberto Arpioni
- Visual Effects: Christian Bahr
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Jean-Michel Boublil
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Fred Donoghue
- Title Designer: Micki Fröhlich
- Digital Compositor: Rayk Hemmerling
- 3D Artist: Tim Leydecker
- Visual Effects Producer: Alice Rathert
- Visual Effects Editor: Paloma Schnitzer
- Digital Compositor: Patrick Tauscher
- Steadicam Operator: Matthias Biber
- Steadicam Operator: Thomas Korda
- Still Photographer: Christian Schulz
- Key Grip: Markus Schweiger
- First Assistant Camera: Florian Trautmann
- Colorist: Adam Inglis
- Travel Coordinator: Kordula Marisa Hildebrandt
- Publicist: Gustave Shaimi
- Thanks: Jonas Dornbach
- Assistant Decorator: Eva Fischer
Movie Reviews:
- CinemaSerf: Paula Beer is “Undine”, holding down a rather mundane job lecturing on the historical urban development of Berlin. She is also suffering the final throes of her relationship with “Johannes” (Jacob Matschenz) whom she still loves. As with the original Paracelcus myth (upon which this is based), she must avenge herself on anyone who betrays her – and we gradually begin to understand that there is much more to her than meets the eye. An heavy rain shower is instrumental in introducing her to “Christoph” (Franz Rogowski) and she finds another love but when she disappears into a lake, he must search… It really does help if you have some familiarity with the story of the eponymous water nymph – otherwise much of this will seem disjointed. The use of the sunken boat in the lake, and strong efforts from Beer and Rogowski give this a depth to it; the characterisations develop slowly but definitely. True, Christian Petzold does take his time, and what is effectively quite a short story can seem a little overly padded now and again, but the imagery under the water and the subtly of the story are well carried by all. It made better sense to me second time round, and is well worth 90 minutes. If you do enjoy it, try the 1916 version – that is shorter and just as beautiful to watch.