Undine (2020 film)

Undine is a 2020 German-French drama film directed by Christian Petzold. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[1][2] At Berlin, Paula Beer won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[3]

For the Neil Jordan film, see Ondine (film).

Undine
Film poster
Directed byChristian Petzold
Produced byFlorian Koerner von Gustorf
Michael Weber
Written byChristian Petzold
StarringPaula Beer
Franz Rogowski
CinematographyHans Fromm
Edited byBettina Böhler
Release date
  • 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) (Berlin)
  • 11 June 2020 (2020-06-11) (Germany)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
France
LanguageGerman

Cast

Reception

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian found the film "skilfully made, beautifully acted and directed" but its story "somewhat pointless": "Christian Petzold's Undine is an intriguing, bemusing oddity of a film: a suspense drama-thriller with a fey supernatural twist. It′s a sphinx that, if not exactly without a secret, has less of a secret than it thinks it has. And it is possible to come away from the film less than convinced, but very impressed by the sheer force of Petzold's film-making talent but which has been here deployed for something which is a bit flimsy and silly."[4]

References
  1. "The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special". Berlinale. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. "Berlin Film Festival 2020: There Is No Evil Wins Golden Bear". Variety. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. Bradshaw, Peter. "Undine review – a shaggy catfish of a story about a woman with a water obsession". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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