Elaha
2023 | 110m | German
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Milena Aboyan |
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| Writer: | Milena Aboyan, Constantin Hatz |
| Staring: |
| Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom? | |
| Release Date: | Nov 23, 2023 |
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| Director: | Milena Aboyan |
| Writer: | Milena Aboyan, Constantin Hatz |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | patriarch, marriage, kurdish, sexual liberation, virginity, women |
| Production Companies | SWR, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, ARTE, Kinescope Film, Essence Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Dec 08, 2025 Entered: Dec 08, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bayan Layla | Elaha |
| Armin Wahedi Yeganeh | Nasim |
| Derya Durmaz | Mother |
| Derya Dilber | Shilan |
| Cansu Leyan | Berivan |
| Beritan Balcı | Dilan |
| Slavko Popadic | Jusuf |
| Nazmi Kırık | Father |
| Réber Ibrahim | Sami |
| Homa Faghiri | Nihal |
| Hadnet Tesfai | Stella Zahaye |
| Yasmin Mowafek | Leyla |
| Onur Poyraz | Mehmet |
| Adnan Jafar | Mazlûm |
| Mehmet Daloglu | Herr Ceylan |
| Svetlana Wall | Worker |
| Hêja Netirk | Moderator |
| Ferman Alkasari | Mehmets Friend |
| Lennart Gottmann | Herr Stöckner |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Elias Ben Engelhardt | Editor |
| Milena Aboyan | Writer, Director |
| Perschya Chehrazi | Supervising Sound Editor, Production Sound Mixer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kevin Sliwinski | Sound Designer, Boom Operator |
| Samuel Krupke | Boom Operator, Dialogue Editor |
| Arash Akrami | Utility Sound |
| Nora Balmer | Production Design |
| Constantin Hatz | Writer |
| Till Kauffer | Sound Designer |
| Henrike Sommer | Foley Artist |
| Daniela Fritz | Utility Sound |
| Christina Anna Sophie Mammes | Production Design |
| Paulina Immig | Costume Design |
| Jonathan Rösch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rachel Oker | Dialogue Editor |
| Christopher Behrmann | Director of Photography |
| Kilian Oser | Music |
| Lara Scherpinski | Costume Design |
| Frederic Hellmann | Sound Designer |
| Paul Powaljaew | Dialogue Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Emina Smajić | Producer |
| Janina Sara Hennemann | Producer |
| Igor Dovgal | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 424 | 778 |