Hedvig Jensen is a celebrated tightrope walker who leaves her traveling circus to run away with a Swedish lieutenant. In hiding, she asks to be called by her real name rather than her stage identity, earns money by dancing and selling a portrait, and ultimately joins her partner in a doomed suicide pact.
The Girl is a local East German woman who helps Leiser after he takes over a lorry. She protects him at a military checkpoint, later reunites with him in Kalkstadt, and offers to escape the country with him. Her connection with Leiser becomes personal before the Stasi track them down and kill them together.
Pia Degermark has 6 screen credits in a career dating back to 1967. Signature works include Elvira Madigan, The Looking Glass War, The Vampire Happening. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
