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Undine

2020 · 89 min

A quiet, hypnotic plunge into love and myth, where ordinary Berlin turns uncanny and every glance carries the weight of fate.

Overview
Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • grief
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
fantasy, drama, romance
Directed by
Christian Petzold
Written by
Christian Petzold
Starring
Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak, Julia Franz Richter, Gloria de Oliveira
Cinematography
Hans Fromm
Runtime
89 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
English, German, Spanish

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