The Beginner
Jan 18 2018
•2h 39m
•Drama, Family
A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of 40 years. Back on the ice, she tries to revive long suppressed childhood dreams – and makes a new friend, Jolina Kuhn, Berlin’s youth figure skating champion. Through her new friend, Annebarbel begins to open up and break away from her dominant mother.
Cast
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Ulrike Krumbiegel
Dr. Annebärbel Buschhaus
Annekathrin Bürger
Dr. Irene Hanschke
Maria Rogozina
Jolina Kuhn
Rainer Bock
Rolf Buschhaus
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