Outside Time (Neben der Zeit) 29 years old

Outside Time is the second feature film of Andreas Kleinert, a German director who grew up in the GDR and who started making films at the time of the fall of the Wall. The film is set in a small town somewhere in Brandenburg, a place which is rapidly falling "outside time"; since it cannot keep pace with the changes brought about by unification and the transformation of the former GDR. The Russian troops stationed there have withdrawn and their barracks have turned into rat-infested ruins; the intercity trains do not stop there any more and even the regional railway link to Berlin is going to be suspended. Most young people are leaving. When Sophie introduces her lover to her mother and her brother, Sergej becomes embroiled in the incestuous tensions underlying the relationship between Sophie, her brother, Georg, and her mother. The arrival of the Russian implodes the claustrophobic sham existence that held this dysfunctional family together.

Credits

Outside Time Cast

Name Character
Rosel Zech She was 53, 69 years old when she died as Sophies Mutter
Michael Schweighöfer He was 43, now 72 years old as Grambke
Julia Jäger She was 25, now 54 years old as Sophie
Christine Schorn She was 51, now 80 years old as Frau Plessow
Heidemarie Schneider She was 51, now 80 years old as Kellnerin
Sylvester Groth He was 37, now 66 years old as Georg

Outside Time Crew

Name Department
Andreas Kleinert as Director. He was 33 (now 62) years old Directing
Outside Time (29 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, October 26, 1995