L'insaisissable

I can not believe what i am reading. I thought many people liked this film? It is a masterpiece of an arthouse style film that links various elements from other classic german films.

The film portrays a possible west German point of view of the fall of the Wall. Hanna speaks of the problems before others have realized them-which an inside beauty of talking about an issue from the past is knowing the future and its consequences.

The film has to be in black and white to make the main protagonist stand out. Yes, perhaps she would look ridiculous in colour but the essence is that black and white are the colours for truth and certainty and this is what Hanna has lost. She doesn't know what the 'Wahrheit'(truth) is anymore. The world is only grey.

"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!!

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.

Exposed by openness- as depicted by the collapse of the wall. High minded Marxist and high life beneficiary travels west but is rejected as a fake. Returning east the same fate befalls her, travelling back and forth she descends into madness as her rejections mount.Degraded and rejected by the east and west

Some brilliant depictions of humiliation as she tries to return a posh coat to a exclusive shop only to be told no

The acting is magnificent from Hannelore Elsner It's shot in black and white which adds to the power of the story

A brilliant and harrowing tale perhaps too inevitable in it's outcome but the chain smoking makes up for that

Know right from the start that NO PLACE TO GO is definitely NOT the kind of film likely to have a lot of appeal to most western filmgoers. And if you're looking for "the feel-good film of the year," THIS ISN'T IT! It's a hard-hitting tragedy, the type of film that Hollywood greenlighters can't reject FAST enough.

The film is based on the late stages of the life of director Oskar Roehler's mother, prominent German novelist (and devout Leninist) Giseta Elsner. The story begins with the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of Communism in Germany -- events that sent her personal and professional life into a tailspin (her novels had always sold better in communist East Germany than in her native West). She comes across uncannily as a real-life Norma Desmond (from SUNSET BOULEVARD) -- a self-indulgent once-prominent woman with garish tastes who is fighting a losing battle with a major mid-life crisis. For Desmond, the advent of talking pictures meant no roles to play; for Giseta Elsner, the fall of East Germany meant -- no place to go. She tried resettling in the new Berlin, but found herself to be an anachronism who just didn't fit in at all.

Hannelore Elsner (no relation to the real-life character) gives a performance that's every bit as convincing as Gloria Swanson's was as Desmond. And if you're a fan of black-and-white cinematography, I can't recommend Haden Bodganski's work here highly enough (it'll NEVER survive the transition to the small screen, trust me). Like I said, the film is definitely not for everyone, but it's one that I plan to tell a couple of film scholars with whom I have occasional contact with to check out.