Yella
Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Released
- 2007
- Country
- Germany
Details
Release year: 2007
Storyline
Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.
Top credits
Nina Hoss — Yella Fichte
Devid Striesow — Philipp
Hinnerk Schönemann — Ben
Burghart Klaußner — Dr. Gunthen
Did you know
• Third part of director Christian Petzold's "Gespenster" trilogy. The other two parts are The State I Am In (2000) and Ghosts (2005).
• Film title was inspired by Yella Rottländer, female lead in Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities (1974).
• The plot and conflicts are nearly identical to Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls (1962). Only the setting, context and some characters are different. The original screenplay by John Clifford is not credited as a source.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $30,647
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $7,767 (2008-05-18)
User reviews
intriguing
Offering depth beyond the life and death matrix
Atmospheric
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
