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Release Date:
February 8, 2009
Original Title:
Mitte Ende August
Alternate Titles:
Middle of the end of august
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Film 1
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
Thomas and Hanna, a deliriously happy couple in their late 30s, buy an old house in the country with plans to fix it up over the summer. Hanna is looking forward to their time together – so when Thomas invites his older brother, Friedrich, who is deeply depressed over the failure of both his business and his marriage, to join them, she is disappointed by the intrusion. Easygoing, charming, and talkative, Thomas seeks to counterbalance the cloudier mood with an impetuous frenzy of activity, but Hanna retreats into sullenness and retaliates by bringing in her nubile young godchild Augustine until things smooth themselves out. Augustine’s youthful sexiness has anything but a soothing impact on Thomas, however, whose adolescent impulses linger just below the surface.
Casting:
Anja Dihrberg
Costume Design:
Silke Faber
Director:
Sebastian Schipper
Director of Photography:
Frank Blau
Editor:
Horst Reiter
Original Music Composer:
Uwe Kirbach
Producer:
Marcus Welke
Sebastian Zühr
Henning Ferber
Andreas Schreitmüller
Doris J. Heinze
Production Design:
Tamo Kunz
Production Manager:
Tom Sternitzke
Screenplay:
Sebastian Schipper
Sound Designer:
Frank Kruse
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Matthias Lempert
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