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Bright Night

Bright Night

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Bright Night

2015

1h 26m

5.0(81 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Overview

A drama with a supernatural edge, this genre-crossing gem finds two couples visiting a home from their past, and sexual tension that brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface and it seems unlikely the couples will return intact. Faced with an outcome that will upset their delicate balance of happiness, the world offers them a bizarre opportunity to correct it.

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Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

ARD

The people behind it

Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Anna Grisebach

Anna Grisebach

Anna

Vladimir Burlakov

Vladimir Burlakov

Stefan

Benno Fürmann

Benno Fürmann

Bernd

Kai Ivo Baulitz

Kai Ivo Baulitz

Marc

Gudrun Ritter

Gudrun Ritter

Frau Steiner

Michael Gwisdek

Michael Gwisdek

Alter Herr

Ines Buchmann

Double Anna

Creative team

Directed by: Florian Gottschick
Produced by: Anne-Kathrin Gliese

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