Combat Girls (2011)
"Kriegerin" (original title)

Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a ... See full summary »

Director:

David Wnendt

Writer:

David Wnendt

Stars:

Alina Levshin, Jella Haase, Sayed Ahmad

15 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alina Levshin	...	Marisa
Jella Haase	...	Svenja
Sayed Ahmad	...	Rasul (as Sayed Ahmad Wasil Mrowat)
Gerdy Zint	...	Sandro
Lukas Steltner	...	Markus
Sven Splettstößer	...	Uwe Trinkhaus
Anne Laszus	...	Melanie
Elias Raudith	...	Benny
Winnie Böwe	...	Andrea
Rosa Enskat	...	Bea
Uwe Preuss	...	Oliver
Najebullah Ahmadi	...	Jamil (as Najebullah 'Najeb' Ahmadi)
Klaus Manchen	...	Großvater Franz
Falko Göthe	...	Buster
Maik Hennecke	...	Mike

Storyline

Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a portrait of Adolf Hitler. The only place she feels home is the Neo-Nazi gang she belongs to, where hate, violence, and heavy parties are the daily rules. When 14-year-old Svenja joins the group, Marisa appears like a role model to her: she fits the purest idea of a combat girl fighting for the group's ideology. But Marisa's convictions will slowly evolve when she accidentally meets a young Afghan refugee. Confronted to him, she will learn that the black and white principles of her gang are not the only way. Will Marisa ever be able to get out of this group?

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Plot Keywords:

girl | hate | neo nazi | combat | refugee | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English Dari

Release Date:

19 January 2012 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Combat Girls

Filming Locations:

Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

MAFILM Martens Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF), Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf'

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The license plate of Sandro's car reads ABI-AH 88. German authorities would not issue such a plate for obvious reasons.

User Reviews

Deeply touching and painfully authentic

I'm certain this is going to be Germany's nominee for the Oscars.

The auteur, David Wnendt, seems to have collected a lot of true stories and pieced them together into a fast-paced, very violent, often harrowing and quite unpredictable plot.

Most of you don't know the East German neo-nazi scene. You'll ask yourself if this is really how these people live and talk. Believe me, it is. This movie is so close to reality it often feels like a documentary. I expected to sit in the cinema nitpicking, counting mistakes. I found just one. (A license plate with an "88" in it. The German license plate office doesn't allow that.) All the actors are unknowns and few of them get to shine. All the adults in this story are wooden and almost all the teenagers are idiots. Their main job is to convey total ignorance about the extent of their ignorance. They do that well. Jella Haase is very good.

But Alina Levshin is the one who's superstar material. This is her movie, and it will be remembered as her breakthrough. Two of the movie's most memorable scenes are long uncut closeups of her face, not speaking, and they're some of the best acting I've seen, ever.

Do see it. Just don't expect to sleep easily the night after.