
Paula(2016)
Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.


In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

Ulrich Noethen
Jens Ole Jepsen

Tobias Moretti
Max Ludwig Nansen

Levi Eisenblätter
Siggi Jepsen

Tom Gronau
Siggi Jepsen (adult)

Johanna Wokalek
Ditte Nansen

Sonja Richter
Gudrun Jepsen

Maria Dragus
Hilke Jepsen

Louis Hofmann
Klaas Jepsen
Artus-Maria Matthiessen
Director Himpel

Marek Harloff
Karl Rasmussen
The German Lesson is a drama film released in 2019. Directed by Christian Schwochow, it stars Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter. In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
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