Lea
"Lea" - a modern fairytale for adults - tells the story of an unusual and, in the end, tragic relationship between a traumatised girl from Slovakia and a former Foreign Legionnaire from Germany. Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer living on his own, comes to Slovakia in 1991 to sort out some property affairs.
Whilst there, he meets Lea who has not spoken since childhood. Strehlow falls in love with her because she looks amazingly like his late wife and buys her from her step-parents. He takes her away against her will with him to Germany and marries her. A relationship that is apparently doomed to failure. Gradually, each of them penetrates further and further into the mysterious sphere of the other one and senses that they are bound together by a kind of spiritual affinity.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Lea
- Herbert Strehlow
- Wanda
- Gregor Palty
- Block
- Postbeamter
- Lea als Kind
- Leas Vater
- Leas Mutter
- Arzt
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Still photography
Lighting design
Production design
Set design
Prop master
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Special effects
Stunt co-ordinator
Music
Cast
- Lea
- Herbert Strehlow
- Wanda
- Gregor Palty
- Block
- Postbeamter
- Lea als Kind
- Leas Vater
- Leas Mutter
- Arzt
- Standesbeamter
- Beáta Palty
- Ärztin
- Jakub
- Felix
- Ladenbesitzer
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production assistant
Original distributor
Shoot
- 03.11.1995 - 28.04.1996: Prag, Süd- und Westböhmen, Slowakei, Bayern, Sylt, Dänemark
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 14.10.1996, 76210, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 24.10.1996, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 13.12.1999, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Lea
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 14.10.1996, 76210, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 24.10.1996, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 13.12.1999, Arte