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Yella

Play trailer Poster for Yella 2007,  1h 29m,  Drama/ Romance/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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82% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A near-death experience causes a woman to relive someone else's final moments.
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Chilly and haunting, Yella's atmosphere gets under the skin.

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Chris Darke Film Comment Magazine Nov 14, 2013
Petzold, a leading light of the current generation of young German filmmakers, succeeds in making the modern world strange again. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Sep 19, 2008
4/5
This unusual film has all the appearance of simply being a well-done drama, but there is considerably more on writer-director Christian Petzold's mind. Go to Full Review
Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Sep 5, 2008
3/4
This crisply made thriller begins as a harrowing tale of a young German woman stalked by her deranged ex-husband, but quickly turns into an investigation of the murkier depths of capitalism. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai New York Sun Apr 21, 2023
The film serves as an allegory about former East Germans yearning to attain capitalist success, only to find disillusionment in an economic climate of mergers and layoffs. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 18, 2022
3.5/4
Christian Petzold's Yella is an unassuming story with a powerful metaphor about the complexities of German reunification Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills May 27, 2021
2007's cool psychological suspense piece Yella, with Hoss as a woman who can't quite escape her troubled past, was one of the first films that made the international reputations of both its star and her frequent director Christoph Petzold. Go to Full Review
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Christian Petzold

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Nina Hoss

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Devid Striesow

Philipp

Hinnerk Schönemann

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Burghart Klaußner

Dr. Gunthen

Barbara Auer

Barbara Gunthen

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Movie Info

Synopsis A near-death experience causes a woman to relive someone else's final moments.
Director
Christian Petzold
Producer
Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Screenwriter
Simone Bär, Christian Petzold
Production Co
Arte, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Genre
Drama, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 18, 2010
Runtime
1h 29m
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