Phantoms of July
Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen
Release: 2025-11-27
·Runtime: 90m
Drama
Comedy
Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and lonely in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls for a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda is convinced that she recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The winding paths of chance draw the two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains...
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Blue Monticola
WDR
Cast
Clara Schwinning
as Ursula
Maral Keshavarz
as Neda
Henriette Confurius
as Zulima
Paula Schindler
as Lotte
Ghazal Shojaei
as Marjam
Kyung-Taek Lie
as Sung-Nam
Buksori Lie
as Buk
Marlene Hauser
as Daniela
Jérémie Galiana
as Paul
Luise von Stein
as Grete
Andreas Bittl
as Horst
Johannes Berzl
as Jürgen
Andreas Döhler
as Arnulf
Leonard Scheicher
as Robert
Valerie Koch
as Frau Markgraf
Jakob Schmidt
as Norbert