Young Light (2016)
Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
Director:
Adolf Winkelmann
Writers:
Till Beckmann, Nils Beckmann, Adolf Winkelmann.
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Charly Hübner as Waller Collien |
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Oscar Brose as Julian Collien |
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Peter Lohmeyer as Konrad Gorny |
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Nina Petri as Edeltraud Gorny |
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Stephan Kampwirth as Herbert Lippek |
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Ludger Pistor as Pfarrer Stürwald |
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Caroline Peters as Frau Morian |
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Patrick Joswig as Onkel Jupp |
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Greta Sophie Schmidt as Marusha |
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Lina Beckmann as Liesel Collien |
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Magdalena Matz as Sophie Collien |
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Andreas Beck as Lehrer Stoitzner |
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Linus Schütz as Jonny |
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Henk Buchholz as Karl Maronde |
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Andreas Rother as Der Dicke |
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Franziska Mense-Moritz as Frau Kalde |
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Till Beckmann as Kumpel |
| Directing | Adolf Winkelmann | Director |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Art | Thorsten Sabel | Art Direction |
| Editing | Jascha Viehl | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | David Slama | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rudi Heinen | Editor |
| Art | Jenny Eichelmeyer | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Gerrit Hecht | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Irene Piel | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Zimmer | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Thomas Korda | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Klaus Peter Venn | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hendrik A. Kley | Camera Operator |
| Production | Greta Gilles | Producer |
| Sound | Andreas Hildebrandt | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Robert Patzelt | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Volker Lorig | Special Effects |
| Writing | Till Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ralf Rothmann | Novel |
| Writing | Nils Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tommy Finke | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Bürke | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Iris Baumüller | Casting |
| Writing | Adolf Winkelmann | Screenplay |
| Camera | Christian Kitscha | First Assistant Camera |