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Distant Lights(2003)
Status: Released
Date: 2003-02-11
74%
31 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
Languages: Polish, German, Russian.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Movie: Distant Lights
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maria Simon
Sonja
Alice Dwyer
Katharina
Devid Striesow
Ingo
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Andreas
August Diehl
Philip
Herbert Knaup
Klaus
Иван Шведов
Kolja
Сергей Фролов
Dimitri
Анна Яновская
Anna
Martin Kiefer
Marko
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Overview
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
Release Date
2003-02-11
Average
7.4
Rating:
3.7 startsTagline
Genres
Languages:
PolskiDeutschPусскийKeywords
individualprostitutejealousyrobberyescapeunsociabilityhometaxi driverdespairex-girlfriendbankrupttranslationfrankfurt/odercamerabordermattress shoppeople smugglingcigarette smugglingslubiceyouth welfare officecommunioncommunion dressillegal employmenteastern blockborder patrolinterpreterabusive fatherarchitectpoland
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