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In a Land That No Longer Exists (2022)

In a Land That No Longer Exists poster
Original title
In einem Land, das es nicht mehr gibt
Directed by
Aelrun Goette
Genre
drama
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenager in East Germany gets discovered as a fashion model after her photo accidentally ends up on a magazine cover. The story follows her navigation of the communist fashion world in the 1980s.

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What happens

In a Land That No Longer Exists (German: In einem Land, das es nicht mehr gibt) is a 2022 German historical drama film, written and directed by Aelrun Goette in her feature debut. The film is about a young woman who is thrust into the fashion scene of communist East Germany after a photograph of her ends up by chance on the cover of Sibylle magazine. It is partially based on the life story of Goette, who was also a model in East Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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