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The Princess and the Warrior

2000 · 135 min

A dreamy, somber romance that drifts between trauma and tenderness, asking patience as it slowly finds its strange, hopeful grace.

Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król
Tagline
Somewhere Out There You Can Find Love
Overview
Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.

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Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • trauma
  • love
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph, Ludger Pistor, Jürgen Tarrach, Natja Brunckhorst, Marita Breuer
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
135 min
Country
Germany
Languages
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