Overview

• The feature adaptation of Caroline Wahl’s bestseller premiered nationwide on 4 September, directed by Mia Maariel Meyer from a script by Elena Hell.
• Luna Wedler stars as Tilda alongside Zoë Baier, Jannis Niewöhner and Laura Tonke, with critics singling out the acting for its nuance.
• Early reviews describe a close transfer of the novel’s atmosphere and key details, maintaining the swimming motif and a restrained visual pace.
• Wahl says the screenplay was developed independently of her, though she was consulted and publicly endorses the film.
• Niewöhner trained roughly every other day for three months to learn the crawl for his role, underscoring the production’s emphasis on authenticity.