---
title: 'West (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Schwochow'
released: '2013-08-25'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/west-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2476552/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# West (2013)

2013 · 102 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Westen

## Synopsis

West is a 2013 German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow and written by his mother Heide Schwochow. The film is based on the German novel Lagerfeuer by Julia Franck. Westen had its premiere at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and was released in the United States on November 7, 2014.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Julia Franck](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-franck), [Heide Schwochow](https://cinepixo.com/people/heide-schwochow)
- **Director:** [Christian Schwochow](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-schwochow)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lorenz Dangel](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenz-dangel)
- **Producer:** [Thomas Kufus](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-kufus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frank Lamm](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lamm)
- **Editor:** [Jens Klüber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jens-kluber)

## Cast

- [Regine Hentschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/regine-hentschel)
- [Julia Franck](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-franck)
- [Stefan Lampadius](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-lampadius)
- [Tristan Göbel](https://cinepixo.com/people/tristan-gobel)
- [Michael Benthin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-benthin)
- [Anja Antonowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/anja-antonowicz)
- [Hendrik Arnst](https://cinepixo.com/people/hendrik-arnst)
- [Doris Plenert](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-plenert)
- [Carlo Ljubek](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ljubek)
- [Jacky Ido](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacky-ido)
- [Ryszard Ronczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryszard-ronczewski)
- [Andreas Nickl](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-nickl)
- [Rike Eckermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rike-eckermann)
- [Daniel Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-werner)
- [Michael Witte](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-witte)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/west-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q16295405); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.