Ein Lächeln nachts um vier (2017)
December in Hamburg: The city shines in the lights, the people meet at the Christmas markets. Jule has her law exam at last in her pocket and a plan for her life. It should be a job in a non-governmental organization, then someday the man and also children. On the nightly journey home from her birthday and graduation party organized by her friend Lexa, she meets Santa Claus at the Elbe. It will take four years of ups and downs before they both understand, accept and feel it at the same time: that life will never feel right without each other.
Director: Jan Ruzicka
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Natalia Belitski as Jule Claasen |
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August Wittgenstein as Max Severin |
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Cornelia Froboess as Rosi Claasen |
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Tilo Prückner as Walter Claasen |
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Lucie Heinze as Lexa Jurek |
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Nicholas Reinke as Daniel Suchantke |
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Till Butterbach as Sebastian Bieler |
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Max Herbrechter as Bernd Severin |
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Kotti Yun as Petra Hagen |
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Joachim Raaf as Martin Weise |
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Hardi Sturm as Dr. Munch |
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Laura Uhlig as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Astrid Möldner | Costume Design |
| Art | Sonja Strömer | Production Design |
| Sound | Max Schmeling | Sound |
| Sound | Kai Nührmann | Sound |
| Sound | Arne Dammann | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Heike Wiehle-Timm | Producer |
| Writing | Manfred Kosmann | Writer |
| Writing | Stephanie Blöbaum | Writer |
| Sound | Micki Meuser | Music |
| Writing | Hardi Sturm | Writer |
| Production | Tobias Rosen | Producer |
| Camera | Gunnar Fuss | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marcel Peragine | Editor |
| Directing | Jan Ruzicka | Director |