Nightfall (1999)
A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated by German-speaking sots and Portuguese guest workers. An unhappy young couple, Leni and Anton, quarrel and split separately into the rat’s ass of the evening. Everyone is looking for love, but no one finds any—although Leni does pick up a trick.
Director: Fred Kelemen
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Adolfo Assor as The bell founder |
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Thomas Baumann as Man in leather coat |
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Isa Hochgerner as Nina |
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Verena Jasch as Leni |
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Wolfgang Michael as Anton |
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Urs Remond as Paul |
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Daniela Roque-Magalhaes as Daniella, the little girl |
| Camera | Fred Kelemen | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Fred Kelemen | Director |
| Art | Anette Kuhn | Production Design |
| Production | Dagmar Jacobsen | Producer |
| Editing | Anja Nerall | Editor |
| Production | Nicole Gerhards | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Alexandre Oliveira | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | Nicola Undritz | Editor |
| Production | Heike Hempel | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jörg Rothe | Executive Producer |
| Production | João Pedro Bénard | Production Manager |
| Art | Ralf Küfner | Production Design |
| Directing | Suzanne Schmitt | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jörg Theil | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Alexander Ris | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sybille Tams | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Paula Belem | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Fred Kelemen | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniella Petrovics | Costume Design |
| Production | Mandy Rahn | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ronny Schreinzer | Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Christoph Dehmel-Osterloh | Gaffer |
| Camera | Jörg Widmer | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Ole Ki Bun Wedemann | Best Boy Electrician |
| Writing | Fred Kelemen | Writer |
| Directing | Anna Schuchardt | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Gianni Schmidt | Gaffer |
| Production | François d'Artemare | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Rainer Kirchmann | Original Music Composer |