Requiem

2006

Requiem

Requiem

2006 Feature Film ★ 6.8/10

Released 3/2/2006 (Germany)

📖 Storyline

It is the 70's, and in the German countryside Michaela Klingler who has epilepsy joins the pedagogy course at the University against the will of her pious mother, Marianne. However her father Karl Klingler rents her a room in the sorority house and Michaela travels to Tübingen. As the semester progresses, Michaela befriends her former high school friend, Hanna Imhof, who forces her to seek medical help. When Michaela has a crisis, she stops taking her medication and believes she is possessed by demons, and her health gets worse. She decides to seek out a priest, Martin Borchert, who believes in exorcism whereas the progressive parochial priest Gerhard Landauer tries to convince her to go to a psychologist. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIt is the 70's, and in the German countryside Michaela Klingler who has epilepsy joins the pedagogy course at the University against the will of her pious mother, Marianne. However her father Karl Klingler rents her a room in the sorority house and Michaela travels to Tübingen. As the semester progresses, Michaela befriends her former high school friend, Hanna Imhof, who forces her to seek medical help. When Michaela has a crisis, she stops taking her medication and believes she is possessed by demons, and her health gets worse. She decides to seek out a priest, Martin Borchert, who believes in exorcism whereas the progressive parochial priest Gerhard Landauer tries to convince her to go to a psychologist. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

🎭 Cast & Crew

Director Hans-Christian Schmid
Main Star Sandra Hüller, Character: Michaela Klingler
Supporting Burghart Klaußner (as Karl Klingler), Imogen Kogge (as Marianne Klingler), Anna Blomeier (as Hanna Imhof), Nicholas Reinke (as Stefan Weiser), Jens Harzer (as Martin Borchert (Exorzist)), Walter Schmidinger (as Gerhard Landauer (Exorzist)), Friederike Adolph (as Helga Klingler), Irene Kugler (as Heimleiterin Krämer), Johann Adam Oest (as Professor Schneider), Eva Löbau (as Krankenschwester), Anne Berger (as Studenten), Alejandro Esquerra (as Studenten), Kutrín Kreredis (as Studenten), Hannah Neumann (as Studenten), Anne Chantal Paitian (as Studenten), Florian Wagner (as Studenten), Stefan Müller-Doriat (as Minestrant)

ℹ️ Details

Awards 16 wins
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 (6,628 votes)
Reviews 40
Release Date 3/2/2006 (Germany)
Format Feature Film
Filmed In Germany
Country Germany

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