Starting
Original version with English subtitles
Poster
Director
Markus Schleinzer
Cast
Sandra Hüller, Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt, Godehard Giese
Plot Outline
Amidst the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. Small and quiet, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With time, he overcomes their doubts and shows himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becoming part of the community in a quest for acceptance made up of impossible deceit. The true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
110 minutes
Production country
AT, DE
Released
2026