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:
Nils Beckmann, Adolf Winkelmann, Till Beckmann.
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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 |
| Crew | Volker Lorig | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Klaus Peter Venn | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hendrik A. Kley | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Thomas Korda | Steadicam Operator |
| Editing | Jascha Viehl | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Andreas Hildebrandt | Sound Designer |
| Art | Jenny Eichelmeyer | Assistant Art Director |
| Editing | Rudi Heinen | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Gerrit Hecht | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Christian Kitscha | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Iris Baumüller | Casting |
| Art | Thorsten Sabel | Art Direction |
| Writing | Nils Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Sound | Tommy Finke | Music |
| Art | Irene Piel | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Bürke | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Writing | Adolf Winkelmann | Screenplay |
| Camera | David Slama | Director of Photography |
| Production | Greta Gilles | Producer |
| Writing | Till Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Camera | Robert Patzelt | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Zimmer | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ralf Rothmann | Novel |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |