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Lichter

  • 2003
  • 1h 45min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,6/10
2166
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Lichter (2003)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThis movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross ... Leggi tuttoThis movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish t... Leggi tuttoThis movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a First Communion dress, and so on.

  • Regia
    • Hans-Christian Schmid
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Michael Gutmann
    • Hans-Christian Schmid
  • Star
    • Andrzej Górak
    • Anna Yanovskaya
    • Sergey Frolov
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,6/10
    2166
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Hans-Christian Schmid
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Michael Gutmann
      • Hans-Christian Schmid
    • Star
      • Andrzej Górak
      • Anna Yanovskaya
      • Sergey Frolov
    • 11Recensioni degli utenti
    • 20Recensioni della critica
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    • Premi
      • 15 vittorie e 9 candidature totali

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    Interpreti principali63

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    Andrzej Górak
    • LKW Fahrer
    Anna Yanovskaya
    Anna Yanovskaya
    • Anna
    • (as Anna Janowskaja)
    Sergey Frolov
    • Dimitri
    • (as Sergej Frolov)
    Bartek Wójtowicz
    • Petja
    Ivan Shvedoff
    Ivan Shvedoff
    • Kolya
    Andrej Liousikov
    • Oleg
    Sergey Kalantay
    Sergey Kalantay
    • Flüchtling
    Nikolaus Kieselmann
    • Flüchtling
    Juri Konkov
    • Flüchtling
    Wojciech Klimowicz
    • Flüchtling
    Boris Raskin
    • Flüchtling
    Jana Pfeffer
    • Flüchtling
    Martin Kiefer
    • Marko
    Peter Obermann
    • Zollbeamter
    Alice Dwyer
    Alice Dwyer
    • Katharina
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Ingo
    Ellen Schlootz
    • Mitarbeiter Ingo
    Peter Wohlfeil
    • Mitarbeiter Ingo
    • Regia
      • Hans-Christian Schmid
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Michael Gutmann
      • Hans-Christian Schmid
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    Recensioni degli utenti11

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    ChrisWasser

    Welcome to reality

    In loosely interconnected episodes "Lichter" tells five stories of financial predicament, difficult relationships and dreams of a better future on both sides of the German-Polish border. A mattress salesman goes bust, an interpreter for the border police helps an illegal Ukrainian immigrant get to Berlin, a Polish taxi driver helps another couple of immigrants because he needs money for the Communion dress of his daughter, a group of juvenile cigarette smugglers go through a jealousy drama and a young German architect learns an unpleasant secret that his former Polish girlfriend has hidden from him.

    Sounds depressing (and to many Americans it probably would be, as they seem to need an all-conquering hero as the protagonist - at least that's what Hollywood chucks out year after year), but we Old Europeans ;-) know better and want to see characters that we can identify with because they have the same problems we have or are even worse off. In other words we want realistic films (in addition to, not instead of(!) genre movies and escapist fairy tales), and "Lichter" is very realistic because it never betrays its characters for an unlikely plot twist or artificial humor just to please the audience. That doesn't mean there are no funny moments and I for one didn't leave the cinema depressed at all. The tagline "Willkommen in der Wirklichkeit" (Welcome to reality) really fits 100%.

    All the actors are great (I liked David Striesow as pitiable entrepreneur Ingo, whom you wouldn't begrudge his "jungle bonus", and Maria Simon as sympathetic interpreter Sonya best) and their characters manage to stay likable although each episode has a moment of betrayal/lie/theft where their economic fears force them to display their most negative character traits. But this is balanced by a moment of hope in each episode where the characters behave more positive (more helpful, more unselfish, more friendly) than their situation would actually allow them to.

    Finally, I have to say, that Hans-Christian Schmid is one of the best directors Germany has at the moment. Most German directors who come fresh from film school often have a very good debut-film, but can't keep up the same quality after that. Schmid however has made only good films so far ("Nach Fünf im Urwald", "23", "Crazy" and now "Lichter") and they even keep getting better IMO. As much as I love that some German films ("Run Lola run", "Nowhere in Africa" or "Good Bye Lenin") are successful abroad lately, they show Germany's past and I really hope that "Lichter" will have at least the same level of success, because it shows what life in Germany (for a particular social class at a particular place - Frankfurt an der Oder) is like TODAY, on the eve of the EU enlargement.
    9mulahde1

    Awesome reflection

    Simply amazing storytelling. Sad and true told. A mustsee! Author takes you into the time where everything changes, people cheating each other out of misery and therefore messing up their own lives...fear and hope, love and despair...look for it in this movie and you won't be disappointed. Very important serious cinema still in a light way!
    9DeutscherSoldat

    At least something to think about

    The acting was good, and the story kind of interesting.

    I don´t think it is an important film, but it gives you something to think about. To think about human behaviour etc.

    To be a really good film I missed a lot of explanations. For example why the family wanted to leave the Ukraine. Why they took a little baby with them? I wouldn`t make such a dangerous journey with a baby if it wouldn`t be really necessary. So the story about the Ukrainians didn`t work for me.

    6/10.
    9acorral-1

    Situations are the same, no matter where.

    I've seen the movie just a month ago in a foreign film program in my city. I live in Juarez City, just in the border between Mexico and USA and let me tell you something that a good friend told me about it: "is the best movie I ever seen about Juarez city". Situations are the same and are truly reflected on the screen the reality on millions and millions of persons worldwide. It's very common to see persons trying to go to the other side of the river to get the "American dream" and in the mid time histories like the ones reflected on the movie took place every single day. The screenplay is very simple, and characters were well developed during the film. The most touching history was the "mattress guy". The actor transmits very deep emotions and exactly the same situation lived a good friend of mine here, miles away. Another strong history was the one related with the Ukrainian immigrants. Every year, hundreds of persons die in this city in their attempt to go to the other side, just miles away, were the lights are reflecting a different nation and in consequence different opportunities. The cast of actors were well selected and performances were simple, but convincing. This is the first film I saw from Schmid but I have to thank him for this extraordinary movie. As I think, there is no need to have a high budget to deliver a good film and this is another example that sometimes the simple is the best. Characters that could be identified with real people in real situations. At the end, the last scene defines and summarizes all the history: life is so strange and we can be touched by simple people forever. By films like this is why I like the movies.
    10justusdallmer

    It touched and shocked me deeply

    It is a slap in the face of all these rich, satisfied, egoistic, first world societies, who think that they are great, know better, and have more rights to live and spend than the poor on the other side of the fence.

    We (some students, theatre people etc.) also tried recently to make a realistic feature, in our present times, shot on mini-DV, but this LICHTER is much, much better! I admire its realism, and how it could touch me within very few minutes, holding its tension for the whole time, and really caring for its characters. Believe me, I watch quite a lot of movies, but this does not happen very often.

    It is a very sad observation of our economic situation, and the pressure which it forces on normal, small, everyday people. The need to make a living destroys their pride, their hopes, their humanity - and all this happens not far from the "Lights" ("Lichter") of the rich, promised land of wealth, where I live (I am blessed to live here) which is only a small distance away. Only a river to cross, but in fact the distance from poor to rich is nearly impossible to cross.

    If you know "Lamerica" from Gianni Amelio or "Dekalog" aka "The Ten commandments" by Krzystof Kieslowski: "Lichter" has some similarities.

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      In one of the key scenes of "Lichter", the translator Sonja (Maria Simon) and her friend Christoph (Janek Rieke) talk to a Polish student (Kamil Majchrzak) in a stairwell while searching for Kamil (Marek Zeranski), who gave shelter to a Ukrainian migrant named Kolja (Ivan Shvedoff) in his shared student flat.

      In real life Kamil Majchrzak also worked as a researcher for the screenplay and was assistant director to Hans-Christian Schmid. At the same time, Majchrzak studied law and counseled refugees at the EU border on asylum. Michael Gutmann named the character "Kamil" as a homage. Source: Audio commentary from the German DVD-edition edited by Prokino.
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    • Data di uscita
      • 31 luglio 2003 (Germania)
    • Paese di origine
      • Germania
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Lingue
      • Tedesco
      • Polacco
      • Russo
    • Celebre anche come
      • Distant Lights
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germania
    • Aziende produttrici
      • ARTE
      • Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 45min(105 min)
    • Colore
      • Color
    • Mix di suoni
      • Dolby Digital
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.85 : 1

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