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Swimming Lesson

Country: Germany, Language: German, 10 mins

Original Title

Schwimmstunde
  • Director: Lisa Hürtgen
  • Writer: Lisa Hürtgen, Olivia Requat
  • Producer: Myriam Eichler, Lisa Hürtgen

CGiii Comment

While Mrs. Jacobs gives swimming lessons to the young caregiver Nadja in her retirement home, the two develop a quiet attraction to each other. Even though the older woman secretly longs for it, she struggles with social values and her own feelings, which deny her this closeness.


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Cast & Characters

Katharina Nesytowa (as Nadja)
Friederike Frerichs (as Johanna)
Alexander Ullmann