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The Bloom of Yesterday

Original title: Die Blumen von gestern
  • 2016
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
The Bloom of Yesterday (2016)
ComedyDramaRomance

A very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish o... Read allA very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish origin and with pronounced Teutophobia. The star guest of the Congress, a famous actress, s... Read allA very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish origin and with pronounced Teutophobia. The star guest of the Congress, a famous actress, suddenly withdraws the promise, and bizarre connections emerge between Toto's and Zazie's b... Read all

  • Director
    • Chris Kraus
  • Writer
    • Chris Kraus
  • Stars
    • Lars Eidinger
    • Adèle Haenel
    • Jan Josef Liefers
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chris Kraus
    • Writer
      • Chris Kraus
    • Stars
      • Lars Eidinger
      • Adèle Haenel
      • Jan Josef Liefers
    • 4User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Lars Eidinger
    Lars Eidinger
    • Totila Blumen
    Adèle Haenel
    Adèle Haenel
    • Zazie Lindeau
    Jan Josef Liefers
    Jan Josef Liefers
    • Balthasar Thomas
    Hannah Herzsprung
    Hannah Herzsprung
    • Hannah Blumen
    Sigrid Marquardt
    • Tara Rubinstein
    Djenabuh Jalloh
    • Sarah Blumen
    Bibiane Zeller
    • Lisbeth Blumen
    Rolf Hoppe
    Rolf Hoppe
    • Professor Norkus
    Eva Löbau
    Eva Löbau
    • Anita Koldewey
    Cornelius Schwalm
    Cornelius Schwalm
    • Bächle
    Irene Rindje
    • Charlene Morgenrot
    Hans-Jochen Wagner
    • Mauersperger
    Gerdy Zint
    • Sieghart Blumen
    Rüdiger Klink
    Elda Sorra
    • Assistentin Molowsky
    Max Meyr
    Heidi Baratta
    • Magda
    Kim Girschner
    • Conference member
    • (as Kim Pfeiffer)
    • Director
      • Chris Kraus
    • Writer
      • Chris Kraus
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      Eva Green was originally attached to star. She left the project when it became delayed due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Adele Haenel.

    User reviews4

    Featured review
    7/10

    Beginning is the "end"

    I'm not German, I don't know much about the Holocaust or German national politics, but I do love a romance and I love unique movies. I've seen enough turkeys to appreciate what is a lovely movie. Adèle Haenel and Lars Eidinger are its heart with enough genuine, good supporting cast to make this a very enjoyable outing. And though I did spoil for myself some of the plot points by peeking at a few of the user reviews before watching this movie, I want to point out something I haven't seen anyone make a comment on: When you're done with the movie, please remember the very first scene of the movie where we met Lar's character Totila. I won't make this a spoiler but please realize the editors put the very last moments of this movie in the beginning. So unless you link those two scenes in your mind, you might miss an important link between characters. I would personally like to believe the story would be continued with an entirely new movie after this one ends. I myself replayed the beginning scene over again afterwards. That's the true difference between a mediocre movie and the really enjoyable ones for me -- The fact I could imagine a whole new story beginning where this one leaves off.

    That's it. Hope it helps.
    • essmom
    • Aug 25, 2020
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    • Release date
      • January 12, 2017 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Austria
      • Germany
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • German
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Flowers of Yesterday
    • Filming locations
      • Riga, Latvia
    • Production companies
      • Dor Film-West Produktionsgesellschaft
      • Four Minutes Filmproduktion
      • Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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