Summary
A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+43)
Critics 14Audiences 57GoodWatch 38
Tomatometer14%
IMDb5.7
Running time
2 h 42 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +53 min on the typical 109
typical 109162Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2025
March 20, 2025
Last year
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishArabicMade in
Germany
United Kingdom
Italy
23 of 23
Lars EidingerTim
Nicolette KrebitzMilena
Tala Al DeenFarrah
Julius GauseJon
Elke BiesendorferFrieda
Elyas EldridgeDio
Toby OnwumereKarim- MRMudar RamadanKarim
Joyce Abou-ZeidAlia
Mido KotainiBader- LBLinda Belinda PodszusAnka
Alva SchäferMonet
Marius BiegaiAdam Wozniak
Max KrukJan Wozniak
Noel OkwangaDieter- ASAnna Shirin HabedankElsa
Daniel GraveJosef
Merle ColletAlisa
Larissa Sirah HerdenLeika
Thea EhreLea- ASAgnieszka SalamonMaja
Victoire LalyFreya
Ruby M. LichtenbergZazie
Directing · 8
- Tom Tykwer Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer
- Ann-Sophie Heier Crowd Assistant Director
- Angela Mages Second Assistant Director
- Daniela Lapp Script Supervisor
- Sebastian Fahr-Brix First Assistant Director
- Tanja Däberitz Second Unit First Assistant Director
Production · 10
- Vladimir Zemtsov Executive Producer
- Lota Dascioraite Executive Producer
- Uwe Schott Producer
- Marcus Loges Line Producer
- Tim Tamke Production Designer
- Steve Sauthoff Location Manager
Camera · 10
- Christian Almesberger Director of Photography
- Jan Hinrich Hoffmann Underwater Camera
- Glenn König Key Grip
- Ben Edlich Best Boy Grip
- Uwe Zegnotat Second Assistant "B" Camera
- Alexis Kostudis First Assistant "A" Camera
Sound · 8
- Johnny Klimek Original Music Composer
- Frank Kruse Sound Designer
- Markus Stemler Sound Designer
- Matthias Lempert Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Bernhard Joest Production Sound Mixer
- Alexander Buck Supervising Dialogue Editor, Supervising ADR Editor
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Emilia Grund Makeup & Hair
- Capucine Landreau Assistant Costume Designer
- Cornelia Mimault Assistant Costume Designer
- Simone Kreska Costume Supervisor
- Isabel Seidler Assistant Costume Designer
Visual Effects · 2
- Robert Pinnow Visual Effects Supervisor
- Claudius Rauch Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 4
- Roman Breitwieser Rigging Gaffer
- Volker Vahl Best Boy Electric
- Christoph Nickel Gaffer
- Alexander Martin Best Boy Electric
Other crew · 1
- Max Meißner Video Assist Operator
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