Kein Tier. So Wild.

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Shakespeare’s tragedy Richard III retold: two noble houses, the Arab families of York and Lancaster, bring the war that has been raging for years on the streets of Berlin into the courtroom. Rashida, the youngest daughter of the House of York, is a lawyer who ends the long-running gang conflict with a bloody attack on the heads of the Lancaster clan. Peace at last! But as a woman, Rashida is just a pawn in this world of men. As soon as the fighting ceases, she is condemned to obedience. A sister, yes. A daughter, of course. But she will never be queen. Rashida, however, does not intend to obey; she intends to rule. To claim the crown, she must scheme, seduce enemies and kill lovers. But then, at the height of her power, the violence of a very different war catches up with her as she is catapulted back into her damaged psyche by memories of a childhood scarred by bombs. A garden of loneliness and destruction – the mirror of a wounded soul. Rashida is the ruler of a kingdom made of dirt and dust.

details

  • Runtime

    142 min
  • Country

    Germany, Poland, France
  • Year of Presentation

    2025
  • Year of Production

    2025
  • Director

    Burhan Qurbani
  • Cast

    Kenda Hmeidan, Verena Altenberger, Hiam Abbass, Mona Zarreh Hoshyari Khah, Mehdi Nebbou, Meriam Abbas, Banafshe Hourmazdi
  • Production Company

    Sommerhaus Filmproduktion GmbH, Madants, Getaway Films, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel
  • Berlinale Section

    Berlinale Special
  • Berlinale Category

    Feature Film

dates of presentation


    1. Haus der Berliner Festspiele

      Schaperstraße 24
      10719 Berlin


    1. Cubix 9

      Rathausstr. 1
      10178 Berlin


    1. Colosseum 1

      Schönhauser Allee 123
      10437 Berlin


    1. w o l f - Saal 1



    1. Urania

      An der Urania 17
      10787 Berlin


    1. HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium

      John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
      10557 Berlin

Biography Burhan Qurbani

Born in 1980, his parents fled Afghanistan as victims of political persecution in 1979 and came to Germany. His father’s work in the US army meant he grew up in various German cities. After gaining experience at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Stadttheater Hannover, he took up a degree in fiction directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 2002. His graduation film, Shahada, screened in the 2010 Berlinale Competition; his second feature, Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark., opened Rome Film Fest as well as Hof International Film Festival in 2014. Both films won several awards.