Valley of the Innocent (2003)

Director: Branwen Okpako

Police officer Eva Meyer re-visits the orphanage where she grew up with the intent of unraveling her confused identity. Stasi archives reveal that her birth was the result of a one-night stand between her mother and one of her husband’s students, a Kenyan. Her family’s plot to hide her birth, metaphorically mirrors Germany’s suppressed history in this noire thriller.

Cast

Kirsten Block

Maria

Johannes Brandrup

Young Hans

Angelica Domröse

Helga

Florian Panzner

Eugen

Leonie Brüggenwerth

Nisma Cherrat

Eva

Jonathan Kinsler

Shepard

Günter Kurze

Hans

Marianna Linden

Young Helga

Jean Claude Mawila

Young Shepard