Austria, Germany
2026 | 94 min. | Fiction

In the early 17th century, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier arrives in an isolated Protestant village. Slight and modest by nature, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself to be the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With the passage of time, he overcomes their doubts and, proving himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becomes a part of their community. However, his quest for acceptance is built on a bold-faced lie. The true and twisted tale of a swindler who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and deceived a village.

Directed by: Markus Schleinzer
Written by: Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
Produced by: Johannes Schubert, Philipp Worm & Tobias Walker, Karsten Stöter
Cinematography: Gerald Kerkletz
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production Design: Olivier Meidinger
Costume Design: Doris Bartelt
Make-Up & Hair: Anette Keiser
Original Score: Tara Name Doyle
Sound: Manuel Grandpierre, Uve Haußig, Nora Czamler
Visual Effects: Matthias Hallibrand
Casting: Katrin Vorderwülbecke
Cast: Sandra Hüller (Rose), Carolina Braun (Suzanna), Marisa Growaldt (the storyteller), Robert Gwisdek (the civil servant), Godehard Giese (the large farmer), Annika Molke (the one maid), Emma Bahlmann (the other maid)

Production:
Schubert
https://schubert.film/

ROW Pictures
http://www.rowpictures.de/

Walker+Worm Film
https://walkerworm.com/

World Sales:
The Match Factory
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Press/social media agency:
WOLF Consultants
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