The former piano wunderkind Jenny was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. Since her release, she’s been trying to numb her self-hatred with prayers at a Christian halfway house. When she meets the Syrian war refugee Omar, who has a talent for singing, she agrees to play the piano for him on a TV music talent competition. However, by appearing on this show, Jenny also has to face the man who actually committed the crime for which she was convicted. During her 15 years in prison Fleischer, her first and only love, has become a pop star and judge of the music talent competition in which Jenny and Omar are one of the promising acts. After all these painful years in prison it is Jenny’s moment to choose: Her desire for retribution, or a fragile happiness and future.

The film continues the story of the ingenious and psychologically highly complex piano player Jenny von Loeben (again played by Hannah Herzsprung), who fascinated an audience of millions worldwide in 2007 in the previous film Four Minutes.

Cast

Jenny von Loeben: Hannah Herzsprung

Omar Annan: Hassan Akkouch

Wolke: Stefanie Reinsperger

Gimmiemore/Fleischer: Albrecht Schuch

Harry Mangold: Christian Friedel

Frau Lemmerick: Désirée Nosbusch

Frau Markowski: Adele Neuhauser

Dorothea Mangold: Katharina Schüttler

15 Jahre - Poster 2 — 15 Years

Chris Kraus

Fiction

Production Country / Year: Germany, Austria, Luxembourg 2023

Language: de., ar., en. OF mit de. UT

Format: DCP, Color, 143min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1

Original Title: 15 Jahre

Director & Crew

Chris Kraus 2 — Chris Kraus

Born 1963 in Göttingen. Worked as a journalist and illustrator. Studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Active as film director, screenwriter and novelist.

Filmography

1993 DER KANZLER IM PARK, Kurzfilm

1996 EARS, Kurzfilm

2001 SCHERBENTANZ, Spielfilm

2007 VIER MINUTEN, Spielfilm HOF 2007

2008 BELLA BLOCK – DIE REISE NACH CHINA, TV-Krimi HOF 2008

2010 POLL, Spielfilm HOF 2010 2012 ROSAKINDER (Co-Regie), TV-Dokumentation HOF 2012

2016 DIE BLUMEN VON GESTERN, Spielfilm HOF 2016 2023 15 JAHRE, Spielfilm HOF 2023

In Vorbereitung:

DAS KALTE BLUT, V-Serie

Director of Photography: Daniela Knapp
Editor: Uta Schmidt
Production Designer: Silke Buhr; Iris Schilhab
Costume Designer: Gioia Raspé
Music Composer: Annette Focks
Make-up: Kathi Kullack; Juliane Hübner; Tatjana Luckdorf; Sabine Schumann
Producer: Chris Kraus; Hannah Herzsprung; Danny Krausz; Ulf Israel; Jani Thilges; Clara von Berlepsch; Andi G Hess; Lukas Zweng