The Light (2025)
A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Frieda and Jon and their illegitimate son Dio - this is the Engels family, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. The mysterious Syrian woman puts the Engels' emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test.
Director:
Tom Tykwer
Writer:
Tom Tykwer
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Lars Eidinger as Tim |
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Nicolette Krebitz as Milena |
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Tala Al Deen as Farrah |
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Julius Gause as Jon |
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Elke Biesendorfer as Frieda |
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Elyas Eldridge as Dio |
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Toby Onwumere as Karim |
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Mudar Ramadan as Karim |
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Joyce Abou-Zeid as Alia |
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Mido Kotaini as Bader |
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Linda Belinda Podszus as Anka |
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Alva Schäfer as Monet |
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Marius Biegai as Adam Wozniak |
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Max Kruk as Jan Wozniak |
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Noel Okwanga as Dieter |
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Anna Shirin Habedank as Elsa |
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Daniel Grave as Josef |
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Merle Collet as Alisa |
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Larissa Sirah Herden as Leika |
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Thea Ehre as Lea |
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Agnieszka Salamon as Maja |
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Victoire Laly as Freya |
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Ruby M. Lichtenberg as Zazie |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Kreska | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Capucine Landreau | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Seidler | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cornelia Mimault | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Tom Tykwer | Producer |
| Production | David Pieper | Location Manager |
| Production | Bianca Folger | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Tanja Däberitz | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Production | Mario Wittmann | Location Manager |
| Production | Julian Feuerstacke | Location Manager |
| Production | Uwe Schott | Producer |
| Production | Marcus Loges | Line Producer |
| Directing | Finn Pelke | Third Assistant Director |
| Production | Steve Sauthoff | Location Manager |
| Directing | Sebastian Fahr-Brix | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Keno Varban | Third Assistant Director |
| Sound | Theo Spikermann | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Glenn König | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jan Hinrich Hoffmann | Underwater Camera |
| Camera | Noah Schott | Grip |
| Directing | Ann-Sophie Heier | Crowd Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ben Edlich | Best Boy Grip |
| Sound | Mirko Höpfner | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Claudius Rauch | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Alex Traumann | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Volker Vahl | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Alexis Kostudis | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Lighting | Christoph Nickel | Gaffer |
| Camera | Christian Almesberger | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Daniella Schadrin | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Alex Traumann | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Daniela Lapp | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilia Grund | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Tim Tamke | Production Designer |
| Sound | Bernhard Joest | Production Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Uwe Zegnotat | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Directing | Angela Mages | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Alexander Martin | Best Boy Electric |
| Writing | Tom Tykwer | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Roman Breitwieser | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Nadine Reichert | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Crew | Max Meißner | Video Assist Operator |
| Production | Lota Dascioraite | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vladimir Zemtsov | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Tom Tykwer | Director |
| Sound | Johnny Klimek | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tom Tykwer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Frank Kruse | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Markus Stemler | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Alexander Buck | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Alexander Buck | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Visual Effects | Robert Pinnow | Visual Effects Supervisor |