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Die Ältern

2026 · 104 min

A gentle, wry look at middle-aged muddle, more rueful shrug than laugh-out-loud, easy to sink into.

Overview
A writer in a midlife and marital crisis, overwhelmed by his growing children and unable to accept change, meets another woman. A bit half-hearted and unintentionally funny, he tries to do something different.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Sönke Wortmann
Written by
Robert Gold, Jan Weiler
Starring
Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Schudt, Kya-Celina Barucki, Philip Müller, Judith Bohle, Thomas Loibl, Enzo Brumm, Philip Günsch
Music
Helmut Zerlett
Cinematography
Andreas Berger
Runtime
104 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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