Rot und blau (2003)

Director:

Rudolf Thome

Writers:

Peter Lund (dialogue)
Rudolf Thome (writer)

Release Date:

15 January 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Barbara is a successful middle aged woman - a respected architect, a great mother and wife, has good friends; leads the good life in Berlin...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Hannelore Elsner	...	Barbara Bärenklau
Serpil Turhan	...	Ilke
Hanns Zischler	...	Samuel Eisenstein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Kranzkowski	...	Gregor
Frank Jürgen Krüger	...	Herr Idelstein (as F.J. Krüger)
Alexander Malkowsky	...	Bankdirektor
Joya Thome	...	Sarah
Nicolai Thome	...	Sebastian
Bastian Trost	...	Frank
Detlef Wittenberg	...	Oberarzt

Also Known As:

Red and Blue (International: English title)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Movie Connections:

Followed by Rauchzeichen (2006)

Outstanding Female Ensemble Cast

RED AND BLUE is very much a woman's story; a film about the female universe in Germany. This universe is well represented in ethnicity (a Turkish and a Jewish woman are among the principals), in generations, and socio-economic levels.

The film may not play well to "typical" male audiences, but most women, particularly urban German women will connect with the film in a very positive way. Artistically, the film features an ensemble female cast unsurpassed in recent German cinema. A must see for lovers of this genre.