Loss of Altitude
Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.
Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.
Nina Niknafs
Mimi
Berit Vander
Eli
Mark Waschke
Driver
Andreas Hofer
Moderator
Juliane Meyer Gregori
Counter Woman
Laurenz Laufenberg
Radio Host
Gerlinde Jänicke
Radio Host
Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.
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