''The German Friend'' is an Argentine 2012 film directed by

Jeanine Meerapfel Jeanine Meerapfel (born 14 June 1943) is a German-Argentine film director and screenwriter. She has directed twenty films since 1966. In 1984, she was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. She was born in 1943, in ...

, and starring Argentine actress Celeste Cid and

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actor Max Riemelt. The film premiered on September 18, 2012 at the Argentine GFF (German Film Festival), in

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. It tells the story of Sulamit, daughter of Jewish German immigrants, and Friedrich, son of

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immigrants; they meet when teenagers in the Buenos Aires of the 1950s. The big

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changes in

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and the National Reorganization Process in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

serve as the background for the film.

Cast

* Celeste Cid as ''Sulamit Löwenstein'' * Max Riemelt as ''Friedrich Burg'' *

Benjamin Sadler Benjamin Sadler (born Benjamin Klimaschewski; 12 February 1971) is a German actor. Biography Sadler was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he move ...

as Michael Tendler * Hartmut Becker as ''Herr Werner Kunheim'' * Jean Pierre Noher as ''Philipp Löwenstein'' *

Fernán Mirás Fernán Gonzalo Mirás (born July 17, 1969) is an Argentine film and television actor and film director. He is sometimes credited as Fernando Mirás. Career He debuted in theater at the play ''El protagonista'', in 1989. In 1993 he starred i ...

as ''Professor Durán'' *Daniel Fanego as ''Eduardo'' * Adriana Aizemberg as ''Tante Else''

References

2012 films Films set in Buenos Aires Films shot in Buenos Aires Films set in West Germany Argentine multilingual films German multilingual films Argentine drama films 2010s Argentine films {{2010s-Argentina-film-stub