Der Spalt (The Gap - Mindcontrol) is a 2014 German feature film. The film was written and directed by Kim Schicklang. It was released on June 7, 2014. In 2015 the film won an international film prize in Jakarta.

Plot

The film is a drama which revolves around the isolation of a young transsexual called Alex. She is living together with her jobless mother in a dystopia. There is no hope for her. But Alex is getting in touch with Christian, a photo reporter. He is the first who recognized Alex as a woman. Together they try a revolution against sex and gender norming.

Der Spalt

Cast

Marie Fischer - Alex

Folker Dücker - Christian

Dorothea Baltzer - Mother

Werner Braunschädel - Professor Bernhard

Bernd Michael Straub - Frau Müller

Trischa Dorner - The Face

Yana Robin LaBaume - Lesbian

See also

List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films

Transgender in film and television

External links

Der Spalt at Filmreihe homochrom

Der Spalt at QUEERmdb

References

2014 films

German drama films

German LGBT-related films

2010s German-language films

Transgender-related films

LGBT-related drama films

2014 drama films

2014 directorial debut films

2014 LGBT-related films

2010s German films

Der Spalt