Cold Is the Breath of Evening

Kalt ist der Abendhauch

Germany

2000

124 Min

Color

2.35:1

German

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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SCR Ralf Hertwig, Ingrid Noll, Kathrin Richter

CAST Heinz Bennent, Gisela Trowe, August Diehl, Fritzi Haberlandt, André Hennicke, Ingo Naujoks, Vadim Glowna, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gisela Schneeberger, Georgia Stahl, Devid Striesow, David Stoy, Fabian Busch, Harald Glitz, Adriana Altaras, Erika Skrotzki, Hubertus Durek, Evelyn Meyka, Franziska Schlattner, Rüdiger Rudolph, Roswitha Ballmer

SOUND Martin Müller

Berlinale (New German Films), Locarno: Swiss Film Score Award

Synopsis

“Perhaps one needs an entire life to be able to be happy for five minutes” – Charlotte. For almost her whole life Charlotte has been waiting for the man whom she knows is the right one for her, Hugo, her sister’s husband. She lives her own life, survives war, husband and lover, has three children and, quite literally, a body in the cellar. At the end of her days, now aged over eighty, she meets her great love again. The fulfilment of this passion lies in its confirmation: Hugo has also realised, too late, that there was only one true love in his life. —german-films.de

Director

Rainer Kaufmann

Rainer Kaufmann was born in Frankfurt in 1959 and graduated from the Academy of Television & Film in Munich in 1990. During his studies he made several award-winning shorts, including “The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World” (“Der schoenste Busen der Welt”, 1990). His first feature-length TV film, “Dann eben mit Gewalt” (1992), won numerous European awards. A selection of his other films includes: Einer meiner aeltesten “Freunde” (TV, 1993), “Der Unschuldsengel” (TV, 1994), “Talk of the Town” (“Stadtgespraech”, 1995), “Greenhorn” (TV, 1995), “The Pharmacist” (“Die Apothekerin”, 1997), “Long Hello and Short Goodbye” (1998), “Cold is the Evening Breeze” (“Kalt ist der Abendhauch”, 1999), “Ausflug” (2001), “Und die Braut wusste von nichts” (TV, 2002), and “Queen of Cherries” (“Die Kirschenkoenigin”, 2004), “Maria’s Last Journey” (“Maria’s letzte Reise”, TV, 2005), and “Runaway Horse” (“Ein fliehendes Pferd”, 2007). —german-films.de read more