---
title: 'The German Friend (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeanine Meerapfel'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Argentina'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-german-friend-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942060/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The German Friend (2012)

2012 · 100 min · Drama, Romance · Argentina, Germany

Original title: El amigo alemán

## Synopsis

The German Friend is a 2012 German-Argentine war romantic drama film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel, and starring Argentine actress Celeste Cid and German actor Max Riemelt. The film premiered on September 18, 2012, at the Argentine GFF, in Buenos Aires. It tells the story of Sulamit, daughter of Jewish German immigrants, and Friedrich, son of Nazi German immigrants; they meet when they were teenagers in the Buenos Aires of the 1950s. The big political changes in Germany and the National Reorganization Process in Argentina serve as the background for the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeanine Meerapfel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanine-meerapfel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeanine Meerapfel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanine-meerapfel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Floros Floridis](https://cinepixo.com/people/floros-floridis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Víctor González](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-gonzalez)
- **Editor:** [Andrea Wenzler](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-wenzler)

## Cast

- [Gabriela Daniell](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriela-daniell)
- [Daniel Fanego](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-fanego)
- [Joaquín Berthold](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-berthold)
- [Hartmut Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/hartmut-becker)
- [Noemí Frenkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemi-frenkel)
- [Adriana Aizemberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/adriana-aizemberg)
- [Nathalie Lucia Hahnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-lucia-hahnen)
- [Carlos Kaspar](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-kaspar)
- [Jean Pierre Noher](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-noher)
- [Eliseo Barrionuevo](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliseo-barrionuevo)
- [Víctor Hugo Carrizo](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-hugo-carrizo)
- [Nora Zinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-zinski)
- [Katja Alemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/katja-alemann)
- [Sebastián Mogordoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-mogordoy)
- [Susana Varela](https://cinepixo.com/people/susana-varela)

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