The Chosen Ones
01/10/2014
In the late 70s, young Petra Grust begins teaching at the progressive Odenwald School. She is flattered by the trust placed in her by its widely respected headmaster Simon Pistorius. But gradually certain incidents at the boarding school begin to unsettle her. Petra then realizes that Pistorius is abusing Frank, a 13-year-old. When Frank is told that he has to spend school holidays with Pistorius, he tries to commit suicide. Petra tells Frank's father (the chairman of the school's governing body) but he believes Pistorius instead of his own son. Petra fails to convince people of the man's true nature. 30 years later, Frank goes to Petra, who has long since left the school and has stopped teaching altogether. He has never been able to speak about what happened but now, after the suicide of another pupil, he is no longer willing to remain silent. He wants Petra to bear witness at the school's forthcoming anniversary celebrations.
Movie Information
Julia Jentsch
as Petra Grust (jung)
Ulrich Tukur
as Simon Pistorius
Johanna Gastdorf
as Petra-alt
Lena Stolze
as Vera
Patrick Joswig
as Frank Hoffmann
Rainer Bock
as Helmut Hoffmann
Anna Blomeier
as Ulrike
Nico Kleemann
as Volker
Leon Seidel
as Frank Hoffmann
Béla Gabor Lenz
as Erik von der Burg (jung)
Gertrud Dassl
as Edith Blank
Adam Bousdoukos
as Thomas
Johann Adam Oest
as Prof. Hasso Grafenburg
Bernd Stegemann
as Grust
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
as
Christian Friedel
as Manfred Wolf
Julien Wolff
as Tom
Leopold Klieeisen
as Jörg
Stella Holzapfel
as Heike
Karl Alexander Seidel
as
Paul Falk
as
Johanna Herbst
as
Helen Woigk
as Katja
Dominik Lindhorst
as
Alexa Wilzek
as
Arne Gottschling
as
Nadine Petry
as
Benjamin Grüter
as Erik von der Burg (alt)
Guido Renner
as
Renate Kohn
as
Frank W. Rima
as Lehrer
