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