Synopsis
What we didn’t know: a young woman on a painful search for the truth about her family. Many years after giving up a promising career as a swimmer, Anne (Claudia Michelsen) works as a swimming instructor and talent scout. She trains her niece (Anna-Lena Schwing) for the state championships ambitiously, which is why she often rows with her sister (Karin Hanczewski) who thinks that her daughter is being overstretched by Anne to compensate for her own failures. At the birthday party for their mother (Elenore Weisgerber) the quarrel escalates. There is obviously a long-kept family secret that now threatens to come to the surface – and Anne puts all her energies into finally breaking the silence.
Bio
THORSTEN M. SCHMIDT (*1969) studied at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. His graduation film Rochade won the Student Oscar in 1998. His comedy Scheidung für Anfänger [Divorce for Beginners] was a competition favourite in the FILMFEST HAMBURG TV section in 2018.
Info
Original Title: Auf dem Grund
International Title: Whispering Waters
Category: Feature
Section: Televisionen
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director: Thorsten M. Schmidt
Screenplay: Susanne Schneider, Astrid Ruppert
Cast/Protagonists: Claudia Michelsen, Karin Hanczewski, Michael Wittenborn, Eleonore Weisgerber, Anna-Lena Schwing, Alexander Wüst u.a.
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 88 min
Producer: Anja Föringer
Production company: Hager Moss Film GmbH für NDR, gefördert mit Mitteln der nordmedia – Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH
Cinematography: Mathias Neumann
Editor: Simone Klier
Music: Christopher Bremus
Production Design: Sonja Strömer
Commissioning Editor: Sabine Holtgreve (Norddeutscher Rundfunk )
