Overview
Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the birthday celebrations of an East German family turn into a tragicomical moment of political and personal breakdown.
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hannes Hubach
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Wolfgang KohlhaaseWriter
- Eugen RugeNovel
- Original title
- In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 1, 2017
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Bruno GanzWilhelm Powileit
Alexander FehlingSascha Umnitzer
Sylvester GrothKurt
Stephan GrossmannHarry Zenk
Angela WinklerStine Spier
Evgenia DodinaIrina Umnitzer
Pit BukowskiArbeiter 2
Gabriela Maria SchmeideLisbeth
Natalia BelitskiMelitta Umnitzer
Hildegard SchmahlCharlotte Powileit
Inka FriedrichSchauspielerin
Sophie PfennigstorfNolle
Jean Denis RömerLieferant
Ronald Kukulies
Sarina RadomskiPionierleiterin
Jörg PoseHerr Sondermann
Thorsten Merten
Nina Antonova
Alexander Hörbe
Friderikke Maria Hörbe
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