Hanna Flanders

The movie is a master piece of German arthouse. Outstandig cast. A very strong and touchy story. It represents the situation in recent Germany after the fall of the wall. The German actress Hannelore Elsner shows that she is one of the best character actresses of these days.

Excellent cast. A must for all arthouse fans! The main actress Hannelore Elsner does an amazingly intense acting. If you like the German tradition of Fassbinder or the French Nouvelle Vague you will love this movie. It won the German Film Award this year.

"Die Unberührbare" simply is a wonderful movie! It has everything that a movie should offer: a demanding story, beautiful pictures and photography and most of all great actors!

Hannelore Elsner plays the role of Hanna Flanders with so much beauty, honesty, truthfulness and heart - it is just amazing to watch her. With this performance she joins other great actresses like Vivien Leigh or Elizabeth Taylor who can touch you and impress you by playing daring and honestly.

Everybody who likes intelligent, tragic dramas and loves stunning acting performances should definitely watch this movie! It is just great!!

What happens if the world turns upside down over night? Socialist writer Hannah loses faith in life when the Berlin Wall comes down. Neglected as a writer, and also as a lover, she tries to find a new grip in East Berlin. Excellently played, beautifully shot, wonderful music. Very memorable female hero, and fantastically casted supporting actors as well. Very sad but very touching story challenging social conventions.

I thought this movie was HILARIOUS! Yes, hilarious... not moving, not engaging, just comic in its cheap sleaziness! This is nothing but a pretentious pseudo-artistic film that tries to explore everything but adds up to zero. Everything about it suggests that this should be a some kind of modern film noir, but what it actually is -is a soap opera in black and white. The main character is a grotesque woman feeling sorry for herself (the reason is exploited on a very shallow basis), lacks any trace of development and abides in pointlessness and pathos. Did anybody give it a thought WHAT she actually was doing in Berlin? Here's the answer: She slept there 2 nights doing absolutely nothing, except for smoking and taking pills. Wasn't the goal to revive her career? The movie's aims are way too high. It tries to depict Hanna as a person, woman, artist, mother, daughter, lover, politician... but as there's not enough time (or ambition) to evolve that, the movie wastes itself. Oh, and the "love scene" with her ex is just repulsing! I laughed seeing the first scene, seeing her smoking two cigarettes simultaneously - that was so ridiculous so the tragedy just passed by, and I laughed at the silly ending... Die Unberührbare (The Untouchable) - I don't think so...