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Lights from Afar

Berlin, the German capital again, a few years after the fall of the Wall. The city in upheaval is also changing the lives of its inhabitants. A young photographer experiences these changes as a rupture, he looks into an unclear, unsettling future and increasingly feels like a stranger in his old city. He and his friends from the generation of the children of the Wall try to find a new identity without losing the old one. Young artists who fail the profitability test of the market economy. In his search, Robert Paris ends up far away, in India. Back in Berlin, he started developing photos again - the first in years...

1h 39m1998TMDb 10.0

German

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Berlin, the German capital again, a few years after the fall of the Wall. The city in upheaval is also changing the lives of its inhabitants. A young photographer experiences these changes as a rupture, he looks into an unclear, unsettling future and increasingly feels like a stranger in his old city. He and his friends from the generation of the children of the Wall try to find a new identity without losing the old one. Young artists who fail the profitability test of the market economy. In his search, Robert Paris ends up far away, in India. Back in Berlin, he started developing photos again - the first in years...

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Info

Original title
Lichter aus dem Hintergrund
Status
Released
Released
16 February 1998
Runtime
1h 39m
TMDB score
10.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Studios
Ö-Filmproduktion, ARTE, Sender Freies Berlin
Countries
Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German