The Princess and the Warrior

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The Princess and the Warrior
Theatrical release poster
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[1]
Release dates	2 September 2000 (2000-09-02) (Venice) 12 October 2000 (2000-10-12) (Germany)
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.