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Die Auslöschung

2013 · 89 min

It is a quiet, emotionally heavy meditation on love confronting the inevitable erosion of memory.

Directed by
Nikolaus Leytner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martina Gedeck, Birgit Minichmayr
Overview
An aging renowned art history researcher falls in love with a younger woman who struggles and tries to cover his ongoing Alzheimer's's.

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Directed by
Nikolaus Leytner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martina Gedeck, Birgit Minichmayr
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • memory
  • aging
  • deception
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nikolaus Leytner
Written by
Nikolaus Leytner, Agnes Pluch
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martina Gedeck, Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Andreas Kiendl, Regina Fritsch, Carl Achleitner, Gabriela Schmoll
Cinematography
Hermann Dunzendorfer
Runtime
89 min
Country
Germany, Austria
Languages
German

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