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Dark Days (1999)

Original title: Dunkle Tage

1999-05-05 · 1h 30m · DE
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Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everything. She starts drinking and loses her job. Her children Felicitas and Max try to hush up their social decline for years because they don't want to live in a foster home.

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Margarethe von TrottaDirector, Writer

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Suzanne von BorsodySuzanne von BorsodyAngela RinserStefanie StappenbeckStefanie StappenbeckFelicitasSteffen GrothSteffen GrothFabian GrollKonstantin WeckerKonstantin WeckerRinserSiggi KautzSiggi KautzMaxAndrás FricsayAndrás FricsaySchmankeRolf KaniesRolf KaniesRolfPamela KnaackPamela KnaackAlexandra SchmankeArved BirnbaumArved BirnbaumWolfgang PackhäuserWolfgang PackhäuserStefanie SchimanskiStefanie SchimanskiTherese HämerTherese Hämer

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What is Dark Days about?

Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everything. She starts drinking and loses her job. Her children Felicitas and Max try to hush up their social decline for years because they don't want to live in a foster home.

How long is Dark Days?

Dark Days has a runtime of 90 minutes.