Film

The Distance Between You and Me and Her

1988 · 1h 34m · Drama · Comedy

Journalist Marga is commissioned by her editor-in-chief to interview a rock singer, Anne, from Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. When Robert, an unpublished poet and Anne's ex-boyfriend, shows up, Marga becomes way more interested in her interview assignment. A love triangle comedy set in the bohemian East Berlin Prenzlauer Berg atmosphere combined with 1980s punk rock music à la Nina Hagen that comments on East German taboo topics, including environmental issues.

Sylvia Rieger

Anne

Jörg Simonides

Robert

Kirsten Block

Marga

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch

Michael

Jürgen Watzke

Bernie

Achim Wolff

Zadeck

Regina Brandt

Ramona

Diana Gaede

Petra

Maximilian Löser

Photographer

Eckhard Becker

Robert's Brother

Margit Bendokat

Robert's Sister

Peter Kalisch

Roberts Vater

Thomas Neumann

Greimas

Doris Thalmer

Older Woman

Berthold Schulze

their Son

Reinhard Straube

Different Man

• Michael KannDirector
• Stefan KolditzWriter
• Hans HeinrichDirector of Photography
• Günther FischerOriginal Music Composer
• Rosemarie DrinkornEditor

Release date

May 12, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama, Comedy