Movie: The Green Desert

Top 10 Billed Cast

Martina Gedeck
Martina Gedeck

Doris

Ulrich Noethen
Ulrich Noethen

Detlef

Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch

Simon

Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch

Krankenschwester

Robert Gwisdek
Robert Gwisdek

Johann

Karin Gregorek
Karin Gregorek

Lehrerin

Tatjana Trieb
Tatjana Trieb

Katja

Feo Aladag
Feo Aladag

Krankenschwester

Patricia Driese
Patricia Driese

Bille

Gina Friedrichs
Gina Friedrichs

Mannu

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  • Overview

    Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.

  • Release Date

    1999-11-23

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
  • Tagline

    No matter what happens I'll be with you.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Deutsch
  • Keywords

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