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Synopsis
Director Tom Tykwer followed up his international hit Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) with this drama, which also examines young people living on the edges of the law. Sisi (Franka Potente) is an attractive but withdrawn woman who works in a psychiatric clinic, while Bodo (Benno Fürmann) is looking to make some quick money after his recent release from the army. Bodo robs a gas station and is fleeing on foot when he accidentally causes Sisi to be hit by a truck. Realizing she's seriously injured, Bodo comes to Sisi's rescue and performs an emergency tracheotomy on her before he escapes again. Sisi, who is often pursued by men but shies away from their advances, finds that she longs to meet the mysterious Bodo again, and eventually tracks him down to a hideout he shares with his brother, Walter (Joachim Krol). Bodo and Walter angrily send Sisi away, but she unexpectedly encounters them when they pull a robbery at a bank where she's running an errand. Bodo and Walter are caught in a shoot-out with police, and Sisi helps to spirit Bodo away to the clinic where she works, trying to spare him the grim news that Walter was killed in the melee. In addition to serving as writer and director, Tom Tykwer also composed the musical score for The Princess and the Warrior in collaboration with Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Marita Breuer Sissi's Mother
Joachim Krol Walter
Ludger Pistor Werner Durr
Lars Rudolph Steini
Benno Fürmann Bodo
Franka Potente Sissi
Jürgen Tarrach Schmatt

Production Crew

Frank Griebe Cinematographer
Reinhold Heil Composer (Music Score)
Tom Tykwer Composer (Music Score)
Monika Jacobs Costume Designer
Tom Tykwer Director
Mathilde Bonnefoy Editor
Gebhard Henke Producer
Katja De Bock Producer
Maria Kopf Producer
Stefan Arndt Producer
Uli Hanisch Production Designer
Tom Tykwer Screenwriter
Arno Wilms Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 2001
Runtime: 135
Country: Germany
MPAA Rating: R
for disturbing images, language and some sexual content
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama
Romance

Sound
Dolby Digital/THX

Produced by
X Filme Creative Pool

Release
June 22, 2001 (USA - Limited)
by Sony Pictures Classics