Jenseits der Stille (1996)

Director:

Caroline Link

Writers:

Caroline Link (writer) and
Beth Serlin (writer)

Release Date:

5 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

Über das Leben, die Liebe und den Klang des Schnees.

Plot:

Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents...

Plot Keywords:

Deaf Mute | Sign Language | Clarinet | Pianist | Lake

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 10 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Sylvie Testud	...	Lara
Tatjana Trieb	...	Lara als Kind (Lara as Child)
Howie Seago	...	Martin
Emmanuelle Laborit	...	Kai
Sibylle Canonica	...	Clarissa
Matthias Habich	...	Gregor (Clarissa's husband)
Alexandra Bolz	...	Marie
Hansa Czypionka	...	Tom
Doris Schade	...	Lilli
Horst Sachtleben	...	Robert
Hubert Mulzer	...	Herr Gärtner
Birge Schade	...	Fräulein Mertens
Stephan Kampwirth	...	Bankbeamter
Lea Mekhméche	...	Johanna
Laurel Severin	...	Martin als Kind

Also Known As:

Beyond Silence (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | German Sign Language | English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:6 (bw) | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | USA:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Arte

Quotes:

Lara: The saddest things in life are separations and deaths. I don't want to say good-bye anymore. I've had enough of that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cause toujours! (2004)

Soundtrack:

You Were On My Mind

Jenseits der Stille.

I was lucky enough to get to see this movie in a German lesson in school. Basically right from the start I was caught up in it and knew, that this would be something different. The mood of the movie simply progressed with ease and gentleness, and at the same time hurled you into a world many never would have thought of. The world of a normal young girl, who has to go through an unusual dilemma, because both of her parents are deaf, and at the same time face the difficulties of life, experiencing her own true self. Finding herself turns out to be one of the real challenges in her life, because she has to separate herself from her parents and walk down her own path, without turning her back on them. She wants to be a musician, an idea which her father does not understand or support. Becoming a musician, despite the fact that her parents are deaf, gives a very clear and pure image, of how children tend to disobey their parents and create their own identity. The movie ends without really wrapping up every lose end, but it does not spoil it. Nonetheless it gives the movie the perfect ending, in which everything that really matters, works out. The idea of the movie and the very story has, as I have mentioned, a very deep and original plot, but this movies has more to it than this. Great acting (especially from the father), great music and is overall greatly directed and written. Good movie with many details. 7/10