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Kalt ist der Abendhauch

2000 · 124 min

A quiet, wistful sweep through a lifetime of missed chances, leaving a gentle ache long after it ends.

Overview
Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They share some brief happy moments during the difficult post-war period, then they are separated for the longest time. They meet again as 80-year olds.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Rainer Kaufmann
Written by
Kathrin Richter, Ralf Hertwig
Starring
Heinz Bennent, Gisela Trowe, August Diehl, Fritzi Haberlandt, André Hennicke, Ingo Naujoks, Vadim Glowna, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Runtime
124 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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