Cast

Lars Eidinger Adèle Haenel Jan Josef Liefers Hannah Herzsprung Sigrid Marquardt Djenabuh Jalloh

Credits

Written by: Chris Kraus

Plot

An almost romantic comedy of a Holocaust researcher and an overworked assistant, who meet at a conference, and clash over their grandparents.

Sinekatalog’s take

Chris Kraus's German-Austrian comedy-drama, Die Blumen von gestern, with Lars Eidinger and Adèle Haenel, is wild, offensive and funny, balancing taboo and sorrow.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (1,153 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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