Lea
Lea
Release: 1996-12-12
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.1
Romance
Drama
51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea's initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.
Production Countries
Czech Republic
Germany
Production Companies
Ivan Fila Filmproduktion
Avista Film
Barrandov Studio
Cast
Ján Melkovič
as Station-master
Christian Redl
as Strehlow
Hanna Schygulla
as Wanda
Udo Kier
as Block
Zuzana Kronerová
as Beata Paltyova
Soňa Valentová
as Doctor
Lenka Vlasáková
as Lea
Ivo Gogál
as Lea's father
Oliver Stritzel
as Doctor
Stano Dančiak
as Hotel-keeper
Miroslav Donutil
as Gregor Palty
Gerd Lohmeyer
as Postmaster
Herman van Ulzen
as Administrator
