Overview
- New critiques from inFranken.de and kurierverlag.de praise the NDR film as top-tier tragicomedy and among the best recent German Christmas titles.
- Bjarne Mädel plays Ralf Prange, a reserved neighbor who takes in packages and grows close to delivery worker Dörte, portrayed by Katharina Marie Schubert, with Olli Dittrich as watchful neighbor Rohde.
- Director Lars Jessen notes that 36 pages of the screenplay unfold in the apartment building’s stairwell, emphasizing close-quarters conversations and observation.
- The story is set in an east Hamburg red-brick block and tracks the house community from Advent to a New Year’s Eve gathering without revealing plot turns.
- The film is available in the ARD Mediathek from December 6 and is scheduled to air on December 10 at 20:15 on Das Erste.