Undine

SUMMER OF CLASSICS

Cinema Akil's Summer of Classics 2025 festival kicks off in July, showcasing 14 enduring films that have captivated audiences across the globe.  We're thrilled to continue our support of German cinema at the festival, with this year's featured German film being UNDINE.

ABOUT THE FILM

Undine works in Berlin as a historian and guide to the city‘s development. She has a small apartment at Alexanderplatz, a master‘s degree in history, and a freelance contract. But underneath the appearance of her modern city life lurks an old myth: if the man Undine loves betrays her, she must kill him and return to the water she once came from. So when her lover Johannes leaves her for another woman, Undine thinks she has no choice – until in the moment of betrayal, she meets Christoph, an industrial diver, and unexpectedly falls for him. This is a new, happy and innocent love filled with curiosity and trust. But when Christoph starts to feel that Undine is running away from something, she has to face her curse once and for all. She doesn‘t want to lose this love.

UNDINE is Christian Petzold's fascinating reinterpretation of the myth of the mysterious water woman Undine, who can only lead an earthly life through the love of a human being: A modern fairy tale in a disenchanted world, the story of a love of life and death.
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Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski  e
 
Germany/France, Fantasy/Romance, 2020, 91 min

German with English subtitles

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