Stations of the Cross (2015) Germany, France
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Director:Dietrich Brüggemann
Studio:ARTE
Producer:Leif Alexis, Frank Evers, Stephanie Gross, Barbara Häbe, Michael Jungfleisch, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Helge Neubronner, Sarah Neumann
Writer:Anna Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann
Rating:7.6 (1,759 votes)
Rated:See all certifications
Date Added:2015-08-13
Awards:9 wins & 6 nominations
Genre:Drama
IMDb:3465916
Duration:110
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:German, French, Latin
LAC code:300010736
DVD or VHS:DVD
Dietrich Brüggemann  ...  (Director)
Anna Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann  ...  (Writer)
 
Lucie Aron  ...  Bernadette
Anna Brüggemann  ...  Ärztin
Michael Kamp  ...  Vater (as Klaus Michael Kamp)
Moritz Knapp  ...  Christian
Birge Schade  ...  Sportlehrerin
Florian Stetter  ...  Pater Weber
Sven Taddicken  ...  Krankenpfleger
Lea van Acken  ...  Maria
Franziska Weisz  ...  Mutter
Georg Wesch  ...  Thomas
Ramin Yazdani  ...  Arzt
Hanns Zischler  ...  Bestatter
Chiara Palmeri  ...  Katharina
Alexander Sass  ...  Director of Photography
Linus Fluhr  ...  Johannes
Michael Kurras  ...  In der Bibliothek
Lena Lessing  ...  Krankenschwester
Pierre Londiche  ...  Bischof
Andreas Warmbrunn  ...  Matthias
Vincent Assmann  ...  Editor
Klaus-Peter Platten  ...  Production Designer
Bettina Marx  ...  Custome Designer
Summary: Maria is 14 years old. Her family is part of a fundamentalist Catholic community. Maria lives her everyday life in the modern world, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to follow him, to become a saint and go to heaven - just like all those holy children she's always been told about. So Maria goes through 14 stations, just like Jesus did on his path to Golgatha, and reaches her goal in the end. Not even Christian, a boy she meets at school, can stop her, even if in another world, they might have become friends, or even more. Left behind is a broken family that finds comfort in faith, and the question if all these events were really so inevitable. STATIONS OF THE CROSS is an indictment and, at the same time, the legend of a saint. It's a story of religion, devotion and radical faith, and the film itself comes along just as radical as the subject matter, telling the story in only 14 fixed-angle long shots, allowing the viewer to contemplate the interactions on screen in an ...