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Plane crash as career change? The ultimate 'fresh start' goes off the rails.
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Please, Let the Flowers Live (1986)

Euro-melodramaidentity crisismorally murky

Overview

Drama

A lawyer who survives a plane crash takes the opportunity to take a new identity and begin a new life.

Flag of DEDEGerman
Content warning
airplane crashnew identity

Standout Aspects

Acting

Wussow's sweaty desperation as a man who's too clever for his own good.

Direction

Tessari treats pulp like Pinter—every pause drips with Germanic guilt.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you're questioning your life choices anyway.·Rewatch: To catch every lie Charles tells himself about 'deserving' this.
Heads up:Emotional: The abandoned wife's scenes are genuinely crushing.
Duccio Tessari

Director

Duccio Tessari

ReleasedSep 25, 1986
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
BR

Top Cast

Klausjürgen Wussow

Klausjürgen Wussow

Charles Duhamel

Gerd Böckmann

Gerd Böckmann

Balmont

Hannelore Elsner

Hannelore Elsner

Yvonne

Birgit Doll

Birgit Doll

Andrea Rosner

Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech

Langenau

Radost Bokel

Radost Bokel

Patty

Rainer Basedow

Rainer Basedow

Reining

Manfred Seipold

Manfred Seipold

Kurt Meisel

Kurt Meisel

Kurt Weinzierl

Kurt Weinzierl

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Wussow was West Germany's biggest TV star; this rare theatrical role let him play against type as a worm.

Insight

The title's flowers are funerary—Charles survives death but keeps burying versions of himself.

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