38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Die innere Sicherheit

Christian Petzold

Image Die innere Sicherheit
Germany
2000 Fiction 1h40
In Germany, a fifteen year old girl lives a clandestine existence with her family. Her parents, because of their illegal situation, try to raise their daughter without letting her communicate with the outside world. One day, the teenager falls in love. Her feelings are going to jeopardise the security of her family...
With : Julia Hummer, Barbara Auer, Richy Müller, Bilge Bingül,...
Screenplay : Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki
Image : Hans Fromm
Music : Stefan Will
Editing : Bettina Bölher
Production : Schramm Film Koerner & Weber (Berlin), HR (Francfort), Arte (Strasbourg.
Droits mondiaux : Schramm-Films Koerner & Weber - Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Bülowstr. 90 - D-10783 Berlin
Tel : 00 49 30 2 61 51 40
Fax : 00 49 30 2 61 51 39
schrammfilm@snafu.de
Born in Hilden, in 1960, Christian Petzold studied German and Theatre at the University of Berlin from 1982 to 1989. He also followed classes at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) from 1988 to 1994 and obtained his diploma with the film Pilotinen. He made then six short films and two TV films Cuba Libre (1995) and Die Beischlafdiebin (1998). Die Innere Sicherheit is his first feature film.