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Rising High

2020 · 94 min

A slick, fast-talking ride through easy money and bad decisions that's fun until the hangover sets in.

Directed by
Cüneyt Kaya
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
David Kross, Frederick Lau, Janina Uhse
Overview
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

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  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Cüneyt Kaya
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
David Kross, Frederick Lau, Janina Uhse
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • corruption
  • ambition
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Stream
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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Cüneyt Kaya
Written by
Cüneyt Kaya
Starring
David Kross, Frederick Lau, Janina Uhse, Anne Schäfer, Robert Schupp, Silvina Buchbauer, Sophia Thomalla, Uwe Preuss
Music
Christopher Bremus
Cinematography
Sebastian Bäumler
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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