
Lydia
2021, German. Directed by Christian Becker.
Lydia - filmed in the late 1970s and written down in diary sketches in 1992, the movie tells the story of the lives of Lydia and Wolfgang B. over two decades. She, translator of French literature, he, Romance studies professor. Between life crisis and "joie de vivre", full of passion and disciplined work, driven by convictions and doubts and the fear of a fatal second tumor, their film recordings and Wolfgang's diary texts fragmentary report about the beauty and the adversity of a symbiotic marriage and yet at the same time about a whole life.
- Runtime
- 0h 21m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 8 May 2021
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Christian Becker
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Lydia runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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Lydia isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 May 2021. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Lydia?
If you liked Lydia, try As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Come See Me in the Good Light, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library.
Who directed Lydia?
Lydia (2021) was directed by Christian Becker and stars Lydia B., Wolfgang B..