The legend of an elemental water spirit who enters the human world in search of love has inspired a range of writers and artists through the millennia, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" to Paracelsus' alchemical theories; to the romance "Undine" by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "The Little Mermaid" and the play "Ondine" by Jean Giradoux; to the musical compositions by Debussy, Sibelius, Fauré and Schoenberg that drew inspiration from the myth. Now Berlin School auteur Christian Petzold (BARBARA, PHOENIX, TRANSIT, YELLA) puts a postmodern spin on the age-old tale. Paula Beer plays Undine, a historian at the Berlin City Museum, who, after she has just been dumped, matter-of-factly informs her lover Johannes (Jacob Matschenz), "If you leave me, I'll have to kill you." While angered by his betrayal, Undine is still the master of her own fate, and focuses on her work and new independence instead. But after a fateful encounter with a diver named Christoph (Franz Rogowski), Undine is compelled to clean up loose ends in her love life. Winner, Silver Bear for Best Actress (Paula Beer), 2020 Berlin Film Festival.

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