Colors in the Dark (2011)
Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are finishing school. Both can look back at a fulfilling past, but their lives are still rich and vibrant. The fact that Fred is terribly ill has been hidden from the family. For the first time in all these years, Fred takes some liberties, which his wife interprets as an affront. Never before has she felt so abandoned. Although she starts to question her relationship, a love like theirs cannot end so easily. Indeed it should never end.
Director: Sophie Heldman
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Bruno Ganz as Fred |
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Senta Berger as Anita |
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Barnaby Metschurat as Patrick |
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Carina Wiese as Karoline |
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Leonie Benesch as Yvonne |
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Sylvana Krappatsch as Frau Kramer |
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Thomas Limpinsel as Mathis |
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Traute Hoess as Frau Koch |
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Ruth Glöss as Margot Mulder |
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Sybille J. Schedwill as Schwester Sophie |
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Carlo Ljubek as Taxifahrer |
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Volker Pitzer as Postbote |
| Directing | Sophie Heldman | Director |
| Writing | Sophie Heldman | Writer |
| Writing | Felix zu Knyphausen | Writer |
| Editing | Isabel Meier | Editor |
| Sound | Balz Bachmann | Music |
| Production | Karin Koch | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Christine A. Maier | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manfred Schneider | Costume Design |
| Production | Simone Bär | Casting |
| Production | Georg Steinert | Producer |
| Production | Titus Kreyenberg | Producer |
| Production | Anke Scheib | Producer |
| Production | Lilian Räber | Producer |
| Production | Andrea Hanke | Producer |