
A Family of Three
2012, German. Directed by Pia Strietmann.
When novelist Andrea Dewenter dies in a car accident, the lives of her husband Christian, grown-up son Lars, and adolescent daughter Elaine go off the rails. For all three, the few days between Andrea's sudden death and her funeral turn into an emotional roller coaster that eventually shows them the virtue of being a family.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Pia StrietmannDirector
- Götz SchubertChristian Dewenter
- Max RiemeltLars Dewenter
- Mathilde BundschuhElaine Dewenter
- Lena StolzeAndrea Dewenter
- Franziska WeiszBabsi
- Heinrich SchafmeisterBürgermeister
- Max HerbrechterSchwimmlehrer
- Rolf KaniesJürgen
- Michael KranzCast
- Lucie HollmannCast
- Karl Alexander SeidelCast
- Andreas SchmidtCast
Details
- Released
- 10 January 2012
- Original title
- Tage die bleiben
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Lea Schmidbauer, Pia Strietmann
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A Family of Three runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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A Family of Three isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 January 2012. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Family of Three?
A Family of Three (2012) was directed by Pia Strietmann and stars Götz Schubert, Max Riemelt, Mathilde Bundschuh.