The Cry of the Butterfly (1999)
Seventeen-year-old Paulina, who lives with her beloved grandfather and sings in a hip-hop band, is fighting leukaemia in hospital. There she meets Pablo — alcoholic mother, absent father — a boy who has just attempted suicide. Against the odds, the two fall in love. A 1999 German television film directed by Frank Strecker, starring Marie Zielcke, Marek Harloff, Hannelore Elsner and Dietmar Schönherr; Paul Vincent and Sema Mutlu’s score won the 1999 German Television Award.
- Released
- 1999-06-05
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frank Strecker
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Hannelore Elsner as Susanne Thies
- Marek Harloff as Pablo
- Ralf Richter as Tom
- Kristian Bader
- Peter Baldus as Mike
- Mareike Danneberg as Ulrike
- Carla de Andeade-Hurst
- Manuela Duchon as Manuela
- Anna-Magdalena Fitzi as Elke
- John Freigang as Bruno
- Isabell Hindersin as Andrea
- Bert Oberdorfer as Professor Müller-Seitz