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Distant Lights is a film of genre Drama directed by Hans-Christian Schmid with Zbigniew Zamachowski
Distant Lights (2003)
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Add to a movie listDistant Lights is a 2003 Germany film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. The film takes place on the Polish-German border at Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder). It features an ensemble cast, and the various threads illustrate the daily life between the two countries. Its original German title is Lichter, which means "Lights".
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Unlike many ensemble films, the subplots of the film mostly do not interconnect with each other, and the film ends without a finale. Instead, the story threads illustrate life on the border between two countries; what appears to be poverty and desperation to some is a promised land for others, worth risking their lives to reach. The threads are:Actors
Zbigniew Zamachowski
(Antoni)
Maria Simon
(Sonja)
Sebastian Urzendowsky
(Andreas)
August Diehl
(Philip)
Julia Krynke
(Beata)
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