Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Katja Riemann | ... | Sophie | |
Barbara Sukowa | ... | Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger | |
Matthias Habich | ... | Paul Kromberger | |
Robert Seeliger | ... | Philip | |
Gunnar Möller | ... | Ralf Kromberger | |
Karin Dor | ... | Rosa | |
August Zirner | ... | Georg | |
Tom Beck | ... | Florian | |
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Arne Jansen | ... | Piet |
Rüdiger Vogler | ... | Sergej Orlov | |
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Manfred-Anton Algrang | ... | Manager |
Birte Hanusrichter | ... | 1. Braut (Johanna) | |
Frederic Linkemann | ... | 1. Bräutigam (Niels) | |
Elisabeth Wasserscheid | ... | 2. Braut (Andrea) (as Eli Wasserscheid) | |
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Arthur Klemt | ... | 2. Bräutigam (Christian) |
By pure coincidence, a photograph found on the internet by chance of a renowned American opera singer, Caterina Fabiani, throws the lives of Paul Kromberger and his daughter Sophie into complete chaos. Paul, well advanced in his years, appears to recognize the image as that of his deceased wife Evelyn, Sophie's mother. Unable to convince her controlling-and-stubborn-to-a-fault father otherwise, Sophie sets off for New York to seek out this mysterious stranger...
Family dramas can and mostly are exhausting. That doesn't mean they are not good. But that also doesn't mean they always have to be spectacular. Sometimes they just sort of flow along. The story is solid enough here, the acting lacks at crucial moments though. It's not that the movie loses its drive, but it seems to lose focus from time to time, which makes it harder to feel for the characters involved.
Having said that, overall it's a solid effort. A movie that could play as one of those TV movie (drama) of the week and fit right in. You will feel for and with the two female leads to a certain extent, maybe engage more with one of them, than the other. Whatever the case, this is not light entertainment, so be aware of that