The Cold Room (1984)

91 min · Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, psychological horror fiction, science fiction film

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Directors

James Dearden

Cast

Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke, Anthony Higgins, Lucy Hornak, Clifford Rose, Gertan Klauber, Tristram Wymark, George Pravda, George Segal

The story

Carla Martin (Amanda Pays) is leaving an English parochial boarding school for the summer to live with her estranged father at an inn in East Berlin. The headmistress (Ursula Howells), a nun, gives her a 1936 guide to Berlin, telling Carla that she may find it useful, even though Berlin has surely changed as much as she has. Her best friend, Sophie (Lucy Hornack), gives her a bag of marijuana.

Catalogue themes and tags

Anti-semitism, Berlin, British, Cold Room, East Berlin, Former Nazi, Hotel, Jew Persecution, Jewish, Jewry, Juden, Keep secret, Leiche verstecken, Mistress, Nazi Past, Nazi Zeit, Nazis, War, War Crimes, World War 2, Young Woman, vater, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction, Drama, Romance Film

Genres

Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, psychological horror fiction, science fiction film

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