Geranien
On Mothers and Daughters

Christl Linke-Rauscher
Geranien | On Mothers and Daughters by Tanja Egen
DEU 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Claudia Schroeder

Friederike Becht
Geranien | On Mothers and Daughters by Tanja Egen
DEU 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Claudia Schroeder

Friederike Becht, Marion Ottschick
Geranien | On Mothers and Daughters by Tanja Egen
DEU 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Claudia Schroeder

Geranien | On Mothers and Daughters by Tanja Egen
DEU 2023, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Directed with gentle humour, DFFB graduate Tanja Egen’s perceptive feature debut is much more than just a tale of such classic family problems as repressed emotions, things that remain unspoken and a growing sense of distance. Rich in detail, Geranien is an affectionate observation of the complex relationships that exist between daughters and mothers – no matter how old a daughter and a mother may be. Loss, it seems, is a universal feeling.
With
- Friederike Becht (Nina)
- Marion Ottschick (Konnie)
- Peer Martiny (Harald)
- Jasmina Musić (Karo)
- Stefanie Meier (Marion)
- Aleksandra Ćorović (Chrissie)
- Adi Hrustemović (Deniz)
- Oliver Möller (Franz)
- Bruno Kirchhof (Alfred)
Crew
Director | Tanja Egen |
Screenplay | Tanja Egen, Esther Preussler |
Cinematography | Claudia Schröder |
Editing | Nicolas Dusollier |
Music | Paul Eisenach, Jonas Hofer |
Sound Design | Bernd Biemüller |
Sound | Daria Somesan |
Production Design | Jana Donis, Hella Vohrmann |
Costumes | Eugenia Giesbrecht |
Make-Up | Nina Suchanoff |
Assistant Director | Paula Fritze |
Casting | Tanja Egen |
Production Manager | Sina Lübke |
Producer | Catherine Ann Berger |
Executive Producer | Andreas Louis |
Co-Producers | Jakob Zimmermann, Tanja Egen |
Co-Production | ZDF Mainz |
Produced by
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Friederike Becht
The actor at the premiere at Kino International.
Geranien · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 20, 2023

Tanja Egen
The director at the premiere at Kino International.
Geranien · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 20, 2023

Marion Ottschick, Tanja Egen
The actor and the director during the Q&A.
Geranien · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 20, 2023

Frank Kruse, Daria Somesan, Jenni Zylka
The two sound designers in conversation with the section head about their craft.
Ein Hologramm für den König · Geranien · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Feb 21, 2023
Tanja Egen

She was born and grew up in the Ruhr region of Germany and studied philosophy, art history and theatre at the Freie Universität Berlin as well as film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Geranien is her graduation film and her debut feature.
Filmography
2013 Together; short film 2016 Funke; short film 2017 Der Gesellschafter; short film 2023 Geranien (On Mothers and Daughters)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023