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Lea

5.5 100 mins Romance   Drama   1996
Ivan Fila Filmproduktion   Avista Film   Barrandov Studio  
Director(s): Ivan Fíla

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea's initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.

Casts of Lea

Christian Redl

as Strehlow

Hanna Schygulla

as Wanda

Miroslav Donutil

as Gregor Palty

Udo Kier

as Block

Gerd Lohmeyer

as Postmaster

Ivo Gogál

as Lea's father

Klára Jirsáková

as Lea's mother

Oliver Stritzel

as Doctor

Herman van Ulzen

as Administrator

Zuzana Kronerová

as Beata Paltyova

Soňa Valentová

as Doctor

Ján Melkovič

as Station-master

Stano Dančiak

as Hotel-keeper

Mojmír Kučera

as Jakub

Tereza Vetrovská

as Young Lea

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