About a Girl

Top 8 Billed Cast

Katharina Wackernagel
Katharina Wackernagel

Johanna Wagenknecht alias 'Joe'

Fanny Staffa
Fanny Staffa

Stella

Manon Straché
Manon Straché

Anne Wagenknecht

Martin Brambach
Martin Brambach

Igor

Devid Striesow
Devid Striesow

Mario

Carmen-Maja Antoni
Carmen-Maja Antoni

Sachbearbeiterin Arbeitsamt

Winfried Glatzeder
Winfried Glatzeder

Vater von Stella

Jessica Kosmalla
Jessica Kosmalla

Kundin

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    Eberswalde, dying industrial city of forty thousand souls just 50 miles East Berlin. Johanna lives in that hopeless place. She lives refusing herself the dreams of following in the footsteps of her father, a boxer. Her irascible character makes her lose job after job and training in the gym where women are nothing but a nuisance. She perseveres supported by the love of a wonderful boy and the intelligence of a woman who knows that beautiful women are not necessarily stupid.

  • Release Date

    2006-02-06

  • Average

    5.3

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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    Deutsch
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