
11 Feb 2003

Distant Lights
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.

A Swedish couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.

Andreas Fromm

Anna Fromm

Elis, Anna's lover

Georg

Albert, Anna's brother

Feldt

Britt Prakt, Andrea's secretary

Karin

Karin Albrekt

Count Albrekt

Ester

Magda

Inger Sernelius

Fredrik Sernelius


11 Feb 2003

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.

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