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

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