The Princess and the Warrior
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| German | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin |
| Directed by | Tom Tykwer |
| Written by | Tom Tykwer |
| Produced by | Stefan Arndt Katja De Bock Gebhard Henke Maria Köpf |
| Starring | Franka Potente Benno Fürmann |
| Cinematography | Frank Griebe |
| Edited by | Mathilde Bonnefoy |
| Music by | Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek Tom Tykwer Lou Rhodes |
| Distributed by | X Verleih |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Box office | $871,058 (US) |
The Princess and the Warrior (German: Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, lit. 'The Warrior and the Empress') is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi (Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospital nurse who, after a near-death experience, enters into a relationship with Bodo (Benno Fürmann), an anguished former soldier who lapses into criminality.