Jerichow
2008 · Movie · 92 min · ★ 6.5 · 80% critics
In a small Northern German town, an Afghanistan veteran struggling to get by is hired as a deliveryman by a Turkish entrepreneur with a drinking problem. Through the job, he crosses paths with the entrepreneur’s wife, setting off a complicated tangle of relationships and questions about what’s really going on.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2009-01-08
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (81 votes)
About
You’ll like Jerichow if you enjoy morally tangled relationship stories with uneasy tension and minimal dialogue; Not for you if you want straightforward romance or feel-good resolution, and it may not scratch the same itch as Undine or Western.
Pros: sharp character dynamics; tense relationship web; intriguing small-town setting | Cons: limited dialogue pace; plot can feel rushed
Themes
- love triangle
- eastern germany
- thoughtful
Cast & crew
Benno Fürmann
as Thomas
Nina Hoss
as Laura
Hilmi Sözer
as Ali Özkan
André Hennicke
as Leon
Claudia Geisler-Bading
as Sachbearbeiterin
Marie Gruber
as Kassiererin
Knut Berger
as Polizist
Directed by Christian Petzold