No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative examines cycles of violence and repression faced by women across a century in rural Germany, centered on heterosexual family structures and male dominance without queer representation.

No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative spans four generations of cisgender women on a rural German farm, exploring intergenerational trauma, patriarchal violence, and female experiences across historical periods.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Sound of Falling presents an original story centered on four generations of women uncovering family secrets on a remote farm, with no adaptations from source material, prior installments, or historical figures that would involve gender swaps.

Sound of Falling presents original fictional characters across generations on a German farm, all portrayed by white German and Austrian actors, without any source material establishing prior racial depictions for comparison.