The Princess and the Warrior
The Princess and the Warrior German Der Krieger und die Kaiserin , literally The Warrior and the Empress is a 2000 German drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer with Franka Potente, star of his previous movie Run Lola Run Lola rennt, in a leading role. It follows the life of Sissi, a psychiatric hospital nurse and Bodo Benno Frmann, an anguished former soldier who lapses into criminality, but allows other characters such as Bodos brother Walter and select patients from the hospital equal time for development. We see how Sissis routine life is skewed by a neardeath experience and her subsequent relationship with Bodo.
Sissi makes the decision to leave and asks Bodo to come with her, telling him of her dream in which they were brother and sister, father and mother, husband and wife. Meanwhile, Steini, one of the patients, who recognized Bodos identity and is jealous of him spending time with Sissi, calls the police and in a delusion tries to kill Bodo by electrocution by throwing a toaster into Bodos bathtub. The delusion, really a flashback, reveals that Steini had killed Sissis mother the same way. Bodo however catches the toaster out of the air before it can fall into the tub and chases Steini into the attic. Meanwhile, the police arrive, and Sissi realizes that her mother was in fact murdered and did not commit suicide. She follows Steini to the roof, who offers to jump to atone for his actions. She declines, saying Youre not going to jump anyway, grabs Bodos hand, and together they jump from the roof of the building, into a small pond.The final scene taking place at the scene of Bodos wifes accident strays into a bit of surrealism Bodos past personality, unkempt and finally emerging from the gas station restroom, takes a seat behind the wheel, while the real Bodo gets in the back of the car. As they drive off, Sissi touches old Bodos face to wipe away his tears, but he stops her and does so himself, pushing her away yet again. This visibly stirs real Bodo, who leans forward and covers his former selfs eyes, forcing him to brake. Real Bodo tells old Bodo to get out and leaves him standing in the middle of the road thus symbolically taking over old Bodos life perhaps a visual metaphor for beginning anew. ........
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