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West

Play trailer Poster for West R,  2014,  1h 42m,  Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 52% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
After fleeing to the other side of the Berlin Wall, an East German woman (Jördis Triebel) grows increasingly paranoid as she investigates the mysterious past of her late lover.

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Jun 14, 2015
3/5
Intriguing on personal and political levels. Go to Full Review
David Jenkins Little White Lies Jun 12, 2015
3/5
Well made and well performed, if lacking the killer edge of a Christian Petzold movie. Go to Full Review
Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Jun 11, 2015
3/5
Christian Schwochow's late 1970s-set drama about young East German woman Nelly (Jrdis Triebel) trying to build a new life in the west has some of the same mix of pathos and paranoia that characterised The Lives of Others. Go to Full Review
Patrick Gamble CineVue Apr 5, 2019
3/5
Pregnant with deception and exuding a malignancy both frightening and perversely fascinating, cinematographer Frank Lamm's voyeuristic lensing beautifully conveys Nelly's heightened sense of paranoia. Go to Full Review
Tom Birchenough The Arts Desk Nov 21, 2017
3/5
Triebel's character is fully drawn, more so perhaps than what the script actually offered her: she gives a big performance in what is in the end a small film. Go to Full Review
Alex Zane The Sun (UK) Jan 1, 2016
3/5
Strong performances and a foreboding atmosphere ramp up the paranoia. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Christian Schwochow

Director

Jördis Triebel

Nelly Senff

Alexander Scheer

Hans Pischke

Tristan Göbel

Alexej Senff

Jacky Ido

John Bird

Stefan Lampadius

Jürgen Lüttich

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Movie Info

Synopsis After fleeing to the other side of the Berlin Wall, an East German woman (Jördis Triebel) grows increasingly paranoid as she investigates the mysterious past of her late lover.
Director
Christian Schwochow
Screenwriter
Heide Schwochow
Distributor
Main Street Films
Rating
R (A Sex Scene|Violence|Brief Nudity)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 7, 2014, Limited
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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