Seweryn, a 30-year-old musician, is about to sign a contract with a music label. After a gig, he is sexually abused by a successful businessman named Michael. At first Seweryn can't remember what happened, but his body rebels and he loses his most important asset, his voice. For him and his girlfriend Caro, the most difficult trial of their lives begins. To come to terms with his feelings and repair his damaged relationship with Caro, he must confront a hidden trauma from the past, and deal with the very thing he has spent his life carefully hiding and denying in his soul....

Cast

Seweryn
Henning Flüsloh
Caro
Henriette Confurius
Michael
Florian Stetter
Juli
Noah Tinwa
Elisabeth Gehr
Ilse Ritter
Jurek
Daniel Wagner
Unspoken - Poster 1

Unspoken

Piotr J. Lewandowski

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Germany 2024
Language
dt., pl. OF m. engl. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 93min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1

Director & Crew

Piotr J. Lewandowski 1

Piotr J. Lewandowski

Born in 1975 in Warsaw/Poland. Studied in Warsaw and London then at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach and at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Active as a 3D and animation artist, graphic designer, director, writer, producer and painter.

Filmography

2008 Fliegen Kurzfilm
2011 Götter wie wir TV Serie
2015 Jonathan Spielfilm
2018 Hüter der Schelle Fernsehfilm
2020 König der Raben Spielfilm 2020
2021 Meine Freundin Volker Spielfilm
2024 Unspoken Spielfilm 2025
2025 Mixtape Spielfilm

"In recent years, public awareness of violence against women and children has grown, but male victims remain largely overlooked. And yet, the number of rape victims—regardless of gender—continues to rise in the EU. Shame, silence, and untreated trauma often haunt survivors throughout their lives.

UNSPOKEN explores this painful legacy through the intertwined fates of three characters. Michael and Seweryn’s encounter disrupts the deep love between Seweryn and his girlfriend Caro, unearthing long-buried wounds from Seweryn’s past. While Caro struggles to understand the growing distance between them, Michael—lonely and driven by his own truths—enters the dynamic with unpredictable consequences.

It is no coincidence that the story takes place in Berlin – that vibrant metropolis where the individual can easily get lost in the flow of the masses. A city of contrasts: raw and vulnerable, loud and lonely at the same time. Here, Berlin becomes both a setting and a silent witness – a shadow chronicler of deeply buried traumas. Against this backdrop unfolds a multilayered, deeply personal narrative about intimacy and distance, about truth and self-deception – and how love can be healing but also consuming, like a quiet fire.

UNSPOKEN explores this painful legacy through the intertwined fates of three characters. Michael and Seweryn’s encounter disrupts the deep love between Seweryn and his girlfriend Caro, unearthing long-buried wounds from Seweryn’s past. While Caro struggles to understand the growing distance between them, Michael—lonely and driven by his own truths—enters the dynamic with unpredictable consequences."


Writer
Piotr J. Lewandowski
Agnieszka Piwowarska
Director of Photography
Nino Michel
Editor
Dan Olteanu
Gisela Zick
Set Designer
Camille Daur
Kristel Kahn
Costume Designer
Manuela Maria Reut
Casting Director
Piotr J. Lewandowski
Carsten Strauch
Deborah Cangia
Sound
Christian Bornkessel
Music Composer
Henning Flüsloh
Leonardo Mockridge
Markus Sasse
Producer
Piotr J. Lewandowski
Carsten Strauch
Oli Becker