For Elise ( Für Elise )

For Elise (DVD) (*)

$22.99

Original Title: Für Elise
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Wolfgang Dinslage

Written By:
Erzsébet Rácz

Actors:
Jasna Fritzi Bauer ..... Elise
Christina Große ..... Betty
Hendrik Duryn ..... Ludwig
Katharina Eckerfeld ..... Kathi
Annekathrin Bürger ..... Tante Gisela
Marie-Anne Fliegel ..... Tante Helga
Hilmar Eichhorn ..... Hauswart
Johannes Gabriel ..... Andreas
Martin Greif ..... Sanitäter
Lotte Ohm ..... Lehrerin
Lucas Reiber ..... Kai
Saskia Rosendahl ..... Lena
Axel Schreiber ..... Benny
Michael Wächter ..... Klavierstimmer
Matthias Winde ..... Klavierstimmer

Synopsis:

Elise is a 15-year-old girl who, following her father's accidental death, lives with her mother Betty. The latter is an intensive care nurse and, true to the saying 'the cobbler's children always go barefoot', Betty helps to save the lives of others but does not have her life or that of her daughter under control. In her desperate search for a new husband and father, Betty throws herself into a drastic series of parties and one-night stands, drowning her helplessness in alcohol. In the meantime, Elise uses all her strength to keep both their lives on some kind of even keel. Silently, she takes care of the household and covers up Betty's alcoholic excess. Elise loves her mother but suffers from the woman's egoism and the lack of maternal care. The one thing that gives her consolation and solidity is playing the piano. When Betty meets Ludwig, a journalist, she believes she has found the ideal partner. But mother and daughter are set to become rivals for his favor.

Elise (15) is longing for a happy family life. But Betty (38), her mother, is weak and egocentric. She drowns her problems in alcohol. Everything seems to turn out good, when they meet Ludwig (39). But Ludwig does not fall in love with Betty, he loves Elise.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 December, 2013.

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