Kalinka (film)

Kalinka (French: Au nom de ma fille) (released on home video and VOD as In Her Name^[4][5][6]) is a 2016 French-German drama film directed by Vincent Garenq [fr]. The film is based on the true story of the Kalinka Bamberski case which took place in 1982. The film was released on 16 March 2016.^[7]

Kalinka
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vincent Garenq [fr]
Written by	Vincent Garenq Julien Rappeneau
Produced by	Hugo Bergson-Vuillaume Cyril Colbeau-Justin Jean-Baptiste Dupont
Starring	Daniel Auteuil Sebastian Koch Marie-Josée Croze
Cinematography	Renaud Chassaing
Edited by	Valérie Deseine
Music by	Nicolas Errèra
Production companies	LGM Productions Black Mask Productions StudioCanal TF1 Films Production
Distributed by	StudioCanal
Release date	16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) (France)
Running time	86 minutes[1]
Countries	France Germany
Language	French
Budget	$8.6 million[2]
Box office	$1.1 million[3]

Plot

In the summer of 1982, 14-year-old Kalinka Bamberski died at her stepfather's house in Germany, where she was staying for the holidays of her boarding school. When the case was closed by the German authorities without a real explanation as to how the teenager died, her French biological father, André Bamberski, became certain that her stepfather, a German doctor, was involved in her death. He spent the next 30 years fighting for the truth, pressuring both French and German authorities into investigating further.

Cast

• Daniel Auteuil as André Bamberski
• Marie-Josée Croze as Dany
• Sebastian Koch as Dieter Krombach
• Christelle Cornil as Cécile
• Lilas-Rose Gilberti as Kalinka (6-year-old)
• Emma Besson as Kalinka (14-year-old)
• Christian Kmiotek as Robert
• Serge Feuillard as Maître Gibault
• Fred Personne as Bamberski's Father