DER SPAZIERGANG NACH SYRAKUS

Lars Jessen’s latest feature film, which is based on Friedrich Christian Delius’ novel Der Spaziergang von Rostock nach Syrakus, sees the director reunited with actor Charly Hübner following their successful collaboration on MITTAGSSTUNDE in 2022.

Hübner is cast as the Rostocker Paul Gompitz who decides at a midpoint in his life to travel to Syracuse on the island of Sicily. He feels the urge to follow in the footsteps of the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume who made the trip at the beginning of the 19th century. The only thing is that Paul lives in East Germany, behind the world’s most annoying border. Since his plan is impossible by legal means, he has to begin preparing an escape.