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Fine Sendel

Jule Böwe

Henning Peker

Sira-Anna Faal

Noah Tinwa

Denise M'Baye

Pasquale Aleardi

Martin Umbach

Noah Bailey

Dela Dabulamanzi

Mathias Max Herrmann

Cino Djavid

Paul Michael Stiehler

Sibylle Maria Dordel

Bastian Sierich

Gisa Flake

Ben Andrews Rumler

Rike Eckermann

Birgit Berthold

Heiko Pinkowski

Rainer Reiners

Aurel Manthei

Heinz Wanitschek

Mélanie Fouché

Paul Zichner

Joy Maria Bai

Christian Steyer

Michael Pink

Cito Andresen

Kalina Krone

Marc Ben Puch

Ali Berber

Michael Fetter Nathansky

Adrian Laza

Theresa Clamann

Regina Brands

Carlo Krammling

Gerhard Leschik

Norbert Pötzsch

Harald Balzus

Erik Zwikirsch

Willi Forwick

Mary Daher

Birgit Mazur-Rodak

Margrit Traupe

Jonas Herberger

Thomas Borchardt

Jil Viktoria Borchardt

Jacqueline Paape

Harro Zimmermann

Karl Kneusels

Campbell Caspary

Omar Soliman

Darja Shenderovich

Thirza Wunderlich

Emmi Büter

Tamino Bösche

Hans Henschel

Stefanie Kuballa-Cottone

Christina Rehmann

Nele Fine Rehmann

Stella Scholz

Pia Schrade

Sebastian Steininger

Robert Zeuner

Laura Linnenbaum

Diana Küch

Timothy Gramsch

Tom Liefeldt

Nick Paul Reinschke

Sophie Linnenbaum

Lisa Baumgarten

Manuel Faber

Elena Ziegler

Sophie Peters

Nicolas Voß

Ana Izquierdo

Johannes Blech

Arno Scholwin

Inês Gomes Ferreira

Jörg Schneider

Lasse Liebelt

Alexandra Praet

Leo Aderhold

Karl Schirnhofer

Esther Niemeier

Frederic Hüls

Carina Mazur

György Jellinek

Felix Audu

Kristin Michelle Serzisko

Felipa Goltz

Josefine Lindner

Max-Josef Schönborn

Alina Iman Dunker

Sarah Wibbeler

Caroline Weingart

Lisa Meyer

Philomena Köbele

Aisha Muthesius

Darius Tschorn

Dustin John

Evgeny Kalachikhin

Justus Wirth

Fred Fleïng

Oscar Zöllner

Maximilian Wolf

Florian Weber

Florence Stadelmann

Daria Wörmann

Laura Klippel

Britta Strampe

Valentin Selmke

Fabian Zeidler

Kai Eiermann

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I was initially quite sceptical about this. It seemed quite artificial to pigeon-hole people into cinematic equivalents of socio-economic groupings. Actually, though, once I got my head around it, it worked quite well at providing an observational template for a class system that resonated rather better than I was expecting. It all centres around "Paula" (Fine Sendel). Now she is merely an unremarkable looking "supporting character" but that is so much better than being just about everyone else in this drama and what's next for her could lead to her elevation to "lead". If only she can learn to generate emotional music - and then the sky's the limit. She must train, strive and practice if she is to attain this goal - but there is a distraction. Her mother has repeatedly told her that her father was in that elite grouping, but a trip to the archives cannot find any trace of him. It's her search for evidence that drives her into the clutches of the underworld of the "out-takes" and those other unsavoury unmentionables who work behind the camera. Can she discover the truth before her world and her studies cave in on her? There is no doubting that this is contrived, and that at times that stretches the plausibility - but for the most part this is still quite a compelling, occasionally quite funny, look at human nature, and at what people might do to protect themselves, their families, reputations, prospects - you name it, really. It also takes the story - from the perspective of this ambitious but honest young woman - and asks us questions about what we might do in similar situations; or, indeed, what we have probably already done to get on and retain and/or embellish what we've achieved. I didn't love Fabian Zeidler's score but some characterful supporting roles - especially from her mother "Elisa" (Jule Böwe) and a tightly knit cast make this well worth a watch. It gives the cutting room floor an whole new meaning.

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