The shooting of The Girl and Death, Jos Stelling's latest film, has started. The film is based on an original script by Jos Stelling and Bert Rijkelijkhuizen. It tells the timeless story of the old Russian doctor Nicolai (Sergey Makovetskyi) who returns to the place where he met his great love, Elise.

The majority of the action takes place at the end of the 19th century and the film is located in a hotel / sanatorium / brothel in Tannenfeld, Thüringen (former Eastern Germany).