The Princess and the Warrior (2000)

Original title

Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

Directed by

Tom Tykwer

Genre

drama film, heist film, romance film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nurse named Sissi nearly dies and then starts a relationship with Bodo, a troubled former soldier who turns to crime.

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What happens

The Princess and the Warrior (German: Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, lit. 'The Warrior and the Empress') is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi (Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospital nurse who, after a near-death experience, enters into a relationship with Bodo (Benno Fürmann), an anguished former soldier who lapses into criminality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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