Somewhere in Berlin. Not just some day – today. A parcel in a hallway.

Je Suis Karl

Synopsis

Following a terrorist attack, survivor Maxi joins the beguiling student Karl and becomes part of a European youth movement – one that aims for nothing less than seizing power.

Genre
drama, thriller

Coproducers
Pandora Film Verleih
With the support of Czech Film Fund

RELEASE DATE
13. 1. 2022

FORMAT
DCP, HD Files

RUNTIME
126 minutes

Trailer & Photogallery

Cast & Crew

DIRECTOR
Christian Schwochow

WRITERS
Thomas Wendrich

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frank Lamm

EDITOR
Jens Klüber

CAST
Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Milan Peschel, Anna Fialová, Edin Hasnovic, Elizaveta Maximová a další

MUSIC
Floex, Tom Hodge

SOUND DESIGN
Ole Ohlendorf

About the film

ALEX, a husband and father of three, leaves his flat to get wine from his car. In the confusion that follows, he’s torn from the routine of everyday life and fails to ever find his footing again. MAXI, his daughter and a strong young woman, sets out into what might pass as life. It’s a brutal weaning process though, and she ends up angry and demanding answers. KARL set off long ago. He is beguiling, smart as a whip and has the answers Maxi craves. He entices her in, recognising her rage and provides the requisite outlet. Part of a growing radical movement, he dances with her on a razor’s edge. Today in Berlin. Tomorrow in Prague. Soon in Strasbourg and all across Europe.
This is a power grab.