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Christian Petzold on Undine

Water under the bridge: Christian Petzold, director of Berlinale sensation Undine, talks about themes of romantic loss and betrayal in his work

This week we have been reporting from the Berlin International Film Festival. And without a doubt, very high on the list of favorites has been Undine, the new film from Christian Petzold, the director of Transit, Barbara, and Phoenix. His latest tells the story of a museum guide who tries to move on from a breakup to a relationship with a new man. But there are undercurrents of something mysterious to this romance, which draws on the age-old myth about a water nymph, named Undine. In Berlin, Film Comment assistant editor Devika Girish sat down with Christian Petzold, an inveterate storyteller, to talk about Undine.

 

This story is part of the January-February 2020 issue of Film Comment.

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