Cross­ing Fields

Nineteen year-old Nike lives with her father on a small farm close to Hannover. She is training for a position with the Immigration Authority with her best friend Suse. Nike is forced to take over her parents' business when her father is left bed-ridden by a heart attack. To her horror, Nike discovers that the farm is on the verge of bankrupcy and that most of the workers are illegal immigrants. Nike's life, along with her relationship to her best friend Suse, changes rapidly. Despite Suse's reservations, Nike initiates a careful friendship with the Bosnian Milena. For the first time in her life, at the brink of making a fundamental decision, Nike knows what she's fighting for.

Credits

Cast:

Anna Maria Mühe

Susanne Bormann

Lea Mornar

Hansjürgen Hürrig

Gerdy Zint

Roswita Schreiner

Ruth Reinicke

Script:

Petra Lüschow

Camera:

Alexandra Kordes

Editing:

Sonja Baeger

Beatrice Babin

Producer:

Meike Kordes

Alexandra Kordes

Sound:

Niklas Kammertöns

Music:

Eike Hosenfels

Moritz Denis

Tonbüro Berlin

Film info

Direction:

Kerstin Ahlrichs

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Kordes & Kordes Film GmbH

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

ARTE

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Lichtton (optical sound)

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

85