Silent Friend

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.

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  Barbara Krieger
• 
  Ildikó Enyedi

• 
  Tony Leung Chiu-wai
  Tony Wong
• 
  Léa Seydoux
  Alice
• 
  Luna Wedler
  Grete
• 
  Enzo Brumm
  Hannes
• 
  Sylvester Groth
  Anton
• 
  Yun Huang
  Jule
• 
  Luca Valentini
  Francesco
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  Marlene Burow
  Gundula
• 
  Felix Burose
  Max
• 
  Rainer Bock
• 
  Johannes Hegemann
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  Sky Hofmann
  Peter
• 
  Martin Wuttke
• 
  Christian Braun
  Student 1908 (uncredited)
• 
  Koppány Gerner
  Friend at the Pond (uncredited)
• 
  György Méhész
  Friend at the pond (uncredited)
• 
  Kristóf Vajda
  Friend at the Pond (uncredited)
• 
  Johannes Scheidweiler
  Udo
• 
  Julian Rodich
  Student in cafeteria #1 (uncredited)