Directed by:
Markus GollerCinematography:
Ueli SteigerComposer:
Andrej MelitaCast:
David Kross, Frederick Lau, Emilia Schüle, David Berton, Annette Frier, Oscar Ortega Sánchez, Ludger Pistor, Uwe Rohde, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Axel Stein (more)Plots(1)
Ben (Frederick Lau) and his brother Barnabas (David Kross) have been very close ever since Ben can remember. Barnabas, also known as "Simpel", is 22, but has the mental capacity of a 3-year old. Even though Simpel can be really irritating, life without him is for Ben absolutely unimaginable. When their mother dies unexpectedly, the authorities want to put Simpel in a home. To escape this fate, the brothers flee, setting out on a crazy odyssey across North Germany until they reach Hamburg and until Ben realizes: he has to find their father David (Devid Striesow). Highly emotional and at the same time very funny, Simpel portrays an unusual pair of brothers whom nothing can separate. (Filmfest Hamburg)
(more)Cast
David Kross
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Frederick Lau
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
The Captain (2017)
My Brother Simple (2017)
Emilia Schüle
Russia
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
My Brother Simple (2017)
David Berton
Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Annette Frier
West Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
Nichts mehr wie vorher (2013) (TV movie)
Confessions of Felix Krull (2021)
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
West Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
23 (1998)
Ludger Pistor
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Uwe Rohde
West Germany
Best movies:
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
My Brother Simple (2017)
The Experiment (2001)
Anneke Kim Sarnau
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
My Brother Simple (2017)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Axel Stein
West Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
Barefoot (2005)
How to Be Really Bad (2018)
Devid Striesow
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Before the Fall (2004)
My Brother Simple (2017)
Tim Wilde
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
My Brother Simple (2017)
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
Maxim Kovalevski
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
My Brother Simple (2017)