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Unknown Friend (1999)

Fremde Freundin (original title)
| Drama | 8 September 1999 (Germany)
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Anne Høegh Krohn

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Anne Høegh Krohn

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Dirk Borchardt, Inga Busch, Markus Böttcher | See full cast & crew »
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Credited cast:
Dirk Borchardt ... Fred
Inga Busch Inga Busch ... Katrin
Markus Böttcher Markus Böttcher ... Immobilienmakler
Karoline Eichhorn ... Ellen
Ulrik Förster Ulrik Förster ... Kurt
Sebastian Kautz Sebastian Kautz ... Trauzeuge
Lena Lauzemis ... Maddy
Peter Lewan Peter Lewan ... Tankwart
Mario Mentrup Mario Mentrup ... Harald
Sebastian Schipper ... Matthias
Heidemarie Schneider Heidemarie Schneider ... Ellen's Mother
Isabel Tuengerthal Isabel Tuengerthal ... Jeanette
Gerlinde Valtin Gerlinde Valtin ... Filialleiterin
Antonio Wannek ... Kevin
Michaela Winterstein Michaela Winterstein ... Marit
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19 August 2001 | by CanadianBeaver – See all my reviews

I saw this show at the closing of the Vancouver Queer film festival, and i must note that there is nothing that makes this film "queer fringe". The reason its shown as part of the festival is because our leading lady is a lesbian. Beyond that, this movie contains little sex. Of what little sex it does have, none of it is explicit nor graphic (i don't even remember any nudity).

This film was extremely well done. The construction of the story is done so flawlessly that the intermixing of two timelines (one in the present, and one in the past) is fluent and fascinating. The leading lady is excellent, and very subtle.

If there's one complaint of mine, it's that there wasn't enough german techno. Unfortunatley, not all german films can be Lola Rennt, now can they.
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Germany

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Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), Moneypenny Filmproduktion GmbH, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) See more »
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