Film Streaming
Orphea in Love

Wed, 01/01/2025 -
Fri, 01/31/2025
Online
Our monthly Goethe on Demand pick
Curated to counter the overwhelming wars, crises, and polarization that characterize our everyday lives, “Alles Liebe” is a new yearlong Goethe on Demand series that showcases the most beautiful feeling in the world in its many facets—romantic love stories, unconventional relationships, and stories of care, friendship, and loyalty.
Originally from a small town in Estonia, Nele is a dreamer who scrapes by as a call center agent and cloakroom attendant at the State Opera in a big German city. When she meets the street dancer and pickpocket Kolya, it is a fateful encounter for both of them—the meeting of soulmates. The pair quickly lose themselves in their own world filled with music and dance.
As they grow closer, Nele must confront the demons of her past and descend into the underworld to save their budding love, just as a talent scout offers her the chance of a lifetime: a career as an opera singer. Axel Ranisch’s endearing adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice blends fantasy, kitsch, and realism, resulting in a cinematic opera pastiche between Puccini, Handel, and German pop singers.
“Orphea in Love [is] a very easy film to like, and when Ranisch pumps up the drama, suspense and splendor, it sometimes becomes a film to fall in love with.” (ScreenAnarchy)
Orphea in Love
Dir. Axel Ranisch
Germany, 2022
107 min.
With Guido Badalamenti, Mirjam Mesak