The German Friend
2012, Spanish. Directed by Jeanine Meerapfel.
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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The German Friend is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India.
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Cast & crew
- Jeanine MeerapfelDirector
- Celeste CidSulamit Löwenstein
- Max RiemeltFriedrich Burg
- Benjamin SadlerMichael Tendler
- Hartmut BeckerHerr Werner Kunheim
- Joaquín BertholdPolaco
- Jean Pierre NoherPhilipp Löwenstein
- Sebastián MogordoyEnfermero 2
- Daniel FanegoCast
- Fernán MirásCast
- Katja AlemannCast
- Víctor Hugo CarrizoCast
- Nicolás GoldschmidtCast
Details
- Released
- 18 September 2012
- Original title
- El amigo alemán
- Country
- Argentina, Germany
- Written by
- Jeanine Meerapfel
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The German Friend runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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The German Friend is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The German Friend?
The German Friend (2012) was directed by Jeanine Meerapfel and stars Celeste Cid, Max Riemelt, Benjamin Sadler.