The Prize
2012, German. Directed by Elke Hauck.
Architect Alexander Beck has just won an architecture prize. He wants to modernize GDR building blocks in Thuringia. Alex travels to the heart of rural Eastern Germany where he grew up and where people remember him as Alex from the Free German Youth, a pro-GDR youth organization.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Elke HauckDirector
- Florian PanznerAlexander Beck
- Sven GielnikAlexander Beck-jung
- Anne KanisNicole
- Vincent KrügerMichael (jung)
- Vanessa KrügerNicola (jung)
- Guntbert WarnsManfred Lange
- Wiebke BachmannJeanette
- Anna WilleckeJeanette (jung)
- Christian NätheUdo
- Marcel LuchtUdo (jung)
- Robert GallinowskiGerd
- Timon WlokaWocke (jung)
Details
- Released
- 26 October 2012
- Original title
- Der Preis
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Peggy Lehmann, Elke Hauck
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The Prize runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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The Prize isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 October 2012. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Prize, try Call Me Crazy: A Five Film, The Girl in the Book, 3 Days in Quiberon.
Who directed The Prize?
The Prize (2012) was directed by Elke Hauck and stars Florian Panzner, Sven Gielnik, Anne Kanis.