Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- German
- Country
- Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
- chess
- allies
- munich
- germany
- hypnosis
- bridge
- employee
- frankfurt am main
- germany
- travel
- priest
- post world war ii
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jean-Marc Barr
Leopold Kessler
Barbara Sukowa
Katharina Hartmann
Udo Kier
Lawrence Hartmann
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Uncle Kessler
- Erik Mørk — Pater
- Jørgen Reenberg — Max Hartmann
- Henning Jensen — Siggy
- Eddie Constantine — Colonel Harris
- Max von Sydow — Narrator (voice)
- Benny Poulsen — Steleman
- Erno Müller — Seifert
- Dietrich Kuhlbrodt — Inspector
- Holger Perfort — Mr. Ravenstein
- Anne Werner Thomsen — Mrs. Ravenstein
- Hardy Rafn — Man in Housecoat
- Directed
- Lars von Trier
- Written
- Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 364 ratings
- Studio
- Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film Denmark, WMG Film, Svenska Filminstitutet, UGC
If this stayed with you
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