
About a Girl
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Katharina Wackernagel
Katharina Wackernagel
Johanna Wagenknecht alias 'Joe'
Katharina Wackernagel
Johanna Wagenknecht alias 'Joe'


Fanny Staffa
Fanny Staffa
Stella
Fanny Staffa
Stella


Manon Straché
Manon Straché
Anne Wagenknecht
Manon Straché
Anne Wagenknecht


Martin Brambach
Martin Brambach
Igor
Martin Brambach
Igor


Devid Striesow
Devid Striesow
Mario
Devid Striesow
Mario


Carmen-Maja Antoni
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Sachbearbeiterin Arbeitsamt
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Sachbearbeiterin Arbeitsamt


Winfried Glatzeder
Winfried Glatzeder
Vater von Stella
Winfried Glatzeder
Vater von Stella


Jessica Kosmalla
Jessica Kosmalla
Kundin
Jessica Kosmalla
Kundin
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