Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Dunkle Tage
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Cast

Suzanne von Borsody as Angela Rinser

Suzanne von Borsody

Angela Rinser

Stefanie Stappenbeck as Felicitas

Stefanie Stappenbeck

Felicitas

Steffen Groth as Fabian Groll

Steffen Groth

Fabian Groll

Konstantin Wecker as Rinser

Konstantin Wecker

Rinser

Siggi Kautz as Max

Siggi Kautz

Max

András Fricsay as Schmanke

András Fricsay

Schmanke

Rolf Kanies as Rolf

Rolf Kanies

Rolf

Pamela Knaack as Alexandra Schmanke

Pamela Knaack

Alexandra Schmanke

Arved Birnbaum as

Arved Birnbaum

Wolfgang Packhäuser as

Wolfgang Packhäuser

Stefanie Schimanski as

Stefanie Schimanski

Therese Hämer as

Therese Hämer

Dorothea Walda as

Dorothea Walda

Walter Hess as

Walter Hess

Andreas Windhuis as

Andreas Windhuis

Martin Wiebel as

Martin Wiebel

Karina Schieck as

Karina Schieck

Production Companies

Colonia Media
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