Young Light
2016, German. Directed by Adolf Winkelmann.
Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Adolf WinkelmannDirector
- Charly HübnerWaller Collien
- Oscar BroseJulian Collien
- Peter LohmeyerKonrad Gorny
- Nina PetriEdeltraud Gorny
- Stephan KampwirthHerbert Lippek
- Ludger PistorPfarrer Stürwald
- Caroline PetersFrau Morian
- Patrick JoswigOnkel Jupp
- Greta Sophie SchmidtMarusha
- Lina BeckmannLiesel Collien
- Magdalena MatzSophie Collien
- Andreas BeckLehrer Stoitzner
Details
- Released
- 12 May 2016
- Original title
- Junges Licht
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Adolf Winkelmann, Till Beckmann, Nils Beckmann
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Young Light runs 122 minutes (2h 2m).
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Who directed Young Light?
Young Light (2016) was directed by Adolf Winkelmann and stars Charly Hübner, Oscar Brose, Peter Lohmeyer.