Contemporaries
1983, German. Directed by Ernst Josef Lauscher.
Within the span of 48 hours "contemporaries" encounter each other. In the middle is Max, who lost his job years ago because of his affair with the wife of an influential man. The story of an encounter which turns out badly because the people involved can't quite communicate.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 28 January 1983
- Original title
- Zeitgenossen
- Country
- Austria
- Written by
- Ernst Josef Lauscher, Peter Berecz
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Contemporaries runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Contemporaries isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 January 1983. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Contemporaries?
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Who directed Contemporaries?
Contemporaries (1983) was directed by Ernst Josef Lauscher and stars Gabriel Barylli, Wolfram Berger, Erni Mangold.