Visitation

2026 | B/N | 118:00

A panorama of the last century of German history unfolds in a house on the shores of a lake in Brandenburg: a stage for the stories of its changing owners and their intertwined destinies. Over the course of momentous historical events—the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the war and its end, East Germany and the period of reunification—they all search for a home and a place to belong.

Country: Alemania
Direction: Schlöndorff; Volker
Script: Schlöndorff; Volker
Production: Ziegler; Regina, Schlöndorff; Volker
Photography: Schneppat; Axel
Sound: Ginzel; Lars, Neumann; Thomas, Meusinger; Marc
Music: Focks; Annette
Cast:Gedeck; Martina, Eidinger; Lars, Wolff; Susanne, Matthes; Ulrich, Buck; Detlev, Maertens; Michael, Matschke Engel; Maria, Winkler; Angela
Art direction: Soukup; Sebastian
Participation year at FICM: 2026

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