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Cargo

2009 · 120 min

A slow, chilly drift through a rusting spaceship, where loneliness and creeping doubt build to a quiet, thoughtful reveal.

Directed by: Ralph Etter, Ivan Engler
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring: Martin Rapold, Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, Regula Grauwiller

Tagline: Space Is Cold
Overview: The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.

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Directed by: Ralph Etter, Ivan Engler
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring: Martin Rapold, Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, Regula Grauwiller

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: isolation
conspiracy
survival
technology
deception
Places: space
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, mystery, science fiction
Directed by: Ralph Etter, Ivan Engler
Written by: Johnny Hartmann, Thilo Röscheisen, Arnold Bucher, Ivan Engler
Starring: Martin Rapold, Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, Regula Grauwiller, Yangzom Brauen, Michael Finger, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Pierre Semmler, Noa Strupler
Music: Fredrik Strömberg
Cinematography: Ralph Baetschmann
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Switzerland
Languages: German, Japanese

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