After her final breakthrough with the ARD series “Charité”, which was popular worldwide via Netflix, Alicia von Rittberg played leading roles in several major German cinema productions – including Bully Herbig’s “Ballon” and the romantic comedy “Hello Again”. In addition, the Munich resident is increasingly working internationally, as in the American-French Marcel Marceau biopic “Resistance”, the American series “Genius” or the British historical mini-series “Becoming Elizabeth”. Now you can experience Von Rittberg in the Norwegian spooky horror “Leave”.
In October 2022, the film will open in the cinemas of the country of production. We will release “Leave” on Blu-ray and DVD on May 26, 2023. Both formats with FSK-16 approval can already be pre-ordered from online providers such as Amazon:
Alex Herron, who previously directed music videos for acts as diverse as pop diva Kylie Minogue, R&B star Taio Cruzz, alternative rockers Alter Bridge and punk millionaire Green Day, directed “Leave.” The screenplay was written by Thomas Moldestad (“Cold Prey”).
In addition to main actress Alicia von Rittberg, there were also “Ragnarök” star Herman Tømmeraas, Ellen Dorrit Petersen from “The Innocents”, Morten Holst (“Breeder – The Breeding”) and Stig R. Amdam (“Lifjord – The Acquittal”, “Bezet “) in front of the camera.
“Leaving” with Alicia von Rittberg: That’s the story
2002 Massachusetts: Police officer Raylan White (Clarence Smith) finds a seemingly abandoned newborn girl in an otherwise abandoned cemetery. The baby is wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols and wears an inverted cross necklace around his neck. The agent takes care of the little one, names her Hunter and raises her as his daughter from then on.
20 years later: Under the pretext of looking at a university in another city where she would like to study, the now grown Hunter (Alicia von Rittberg) actually flies to Norway. In the search for her biological parents, she had a DNA test done, which shows that she must originally come from the vicinity of the city of Bergen.
Once there, Hunter tracks down former heavy metal singer Cecilia (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), who she believes is her mother. It’s not her, but Cecilia finally tells the young woman the whole truth about her parentage. This eventually leads them to a small island off the coast, where their grandfather Torstein (Stig R. Amdam) and her cousin Stian (Herman Tømmeraas) lead a secluded life in a kind of mysterious cult…
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