The always unpredictable Christian Petzold proves why he is the most interesting German director of his generation with a charming adaptation of a relatively unknown myth of his country in the ever-changing Berlin cityscape. Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Synopsis

Undine is a historian specialising in the urban development of Berlin. When the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth that gave her her name awakens and commands her to kill the man who betrayed her, then return to the water.