Young Roman and his mother Oksana leave Ukraine and go to Germany, where she works illegally while they both live with Gert, an old widower who tries to befriend Roman, who struggles for his mother's attention and sees Gert as a rival.
Unfortunately the movie Rival is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Costume & Make-Up | Yulia Mukhoid | Costume Coordinator |
| Lighting | Rost Vasyliev | Gaffer |
| Production | Valeria Ruban | Casting |
| Art | Maria Khomyakova | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olena Andreitseva | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Marina Orekhova | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Marcus Lenz | Director |
| Sound | Jonathan Ritzel | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Bernd Euscher | Editor |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Editor |
| Writing | Marcus Lenz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lars Hubrich | Screenplay |
| Production | Gunter Hanfgarn | Producer |
| Sound | Dominik Avenwedde | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Andrea Ufer | Producer |
| Art | Beatrice Schultz | Production Design |
| Camera | Frank Amann | Director of Photography |