Berlin is a city of dreams and nightmares in equal measure. Behind the façades of the sometimes ruinous, sometimes futuristic buildings lie human heights and abysses. The streets and roads of the city are the nerve cords of a post-industrial Moloch, the bloodstreams of an urban world - superficially of beguiling beauty, but with the reverse side of a leper. Traumnovelle is a modern adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 erotic thriller, in which a woman explains to her husband that she has fantasies with other men, thus triggering in him the desire for his own adventures.

Director Florian Frerichs takes us into a world of secret desires and social masquerades. This cinematic gem, starring the outstanding Nikolai Kinski and Laurine Price, explores the hidden erotic fantasies of a seemingly ordinary married couple. Playing Jacob and Amelia, these two reveal a night that causes their facades to crumble and exposes their deepest desires.

Frerichs’ reinterpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s timeless novella, which has already found a legendary portrayal through Kubrick’s masterful lens, relocates the action to the pulsating heart of modern Berlin. Every scene is imbued with a mixture of glamour and gloom that seduces and challenges the viewer in equal measure. Traumnovelle is more than a mere reboot of Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" – it is an ecstatic cinematic experience that transports the viewer into a world where beauty and horror merge.