Schilf

Mar 8 2012 N/A 1h 30m
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Sebastian (Mark Waschke) is a physics professor at the University of Jena and dealing for years with parallel universes. Meticulously, he tries to prove its existence scientifically. His college friend Oskar (Stipe Erceg), professor of theoretical physics at CERN in Geneva, smiles at Sebastian's firm belief in parallel universes and the many-worlds theory. In order to devote himself to the evidence in peace, Sebastian brings his son Nick to a summer camp, while his wife Maike (Bernadette Heerwagen) is on vacation in the mountains. At a rest stop Nick disappears out of the car and so for Sebastian a nightmare begins. Increasingly he is loosing more and more control. What really happened? It is fatal to his own theory? And who is this mysterious Schilf, which occurs abruptly in Sebastian's life?

Plot

Sebastian is a physics professor at the University of Jena and dealing for years with parallel universes. Meticulously, he tries to prove its existence scientifically. His college friend Oskar, professor of theoretical physics at CERN in Geneva, smiles at Sebastian's firm belief in parallel universes and the many-worlds theory. In order to devote himself to the evidence in peace, Sebastian brings his son Nick to a summer camp, while his wife Maike is on vacation in the mountains. At a rest stop Nick disappears out of the car and so for Sebastian a nightmare begins.

Written by

Leonie Terfort, Claudia Lehmann, Juli Zeh

Directed by

Claudia Lehmann

Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

ARD, ARTE, WDR

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
162
Average Rating
4.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA