Dying

2024 3h 2m DE

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 53

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Mother Lissy, father Gerd, son Tom and daughter Ellen: the members of the Lunies family are estranged. But confronted with death, they finally meet each other again.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lars Eidinger
Tom Lunies
Corinna Harfouch
Lissy Lunies
Lilith Stangenberg
Ellen Lunies
Ronald Zehrfeld
Sebastian Vogel
Robert Gwisdek
Bernard
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Gerd Lunies
Anna Bederke
Liv
Saskia Rosendahl
Ronja

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matthias Glasner
Writers: Matthias Glasner
Languages: English, Latvian, German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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At 182 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Latvian, German.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matthias Glasner, shot by Jakub Bejnarowicz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lorenz Dangel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Heike Gnida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Lars Eidinger and Corinna Harfouch and Lilith Stangenberg carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt27165281 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Matthias Glasner directs. Jakub Bejnarowicz behind the camera. Lorenz Dangel scores. Heike Gnida cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in English, Latvian, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1At 182 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Latvian, German.
4Directed by Matthias Glasner, shot by Jakub Bejnarowicz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lorenz Dangel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Heike Gnida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Lars Eidinger and Corinna Harfouch and Lilith Stangenberg carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt27165281 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 53 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jakub Bejnarowicz
Original score: Lorenz Dangel
Editing: Heike Gnida
Production design: Tamo Kunz
Costume design: Sabine Keller
Runtime: 182 min · 3h 2m
Status: Released
Box office: $1,789,850
Original language: DE
Certification (US): MA 15+
IMDB: Dying (2024)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-08-29
★ 7/10
This features a collection of stories featuring the members of the “Lunies” family. Father “Gerdi” (Hans-Uwe Bauer) is suffering the near terminal effects of Parkinson’s and lives with his wife “Lissy” (Corinna Harfouch) who isn’t really faring all that much better. Their son “Tom” (Lars Eidinger) is a composer working in an emotionally charged environment with his lifelong friend and composer “Bernard” (Robert Gwisdek) who has recently completed a piece called “Dying”; whilst his sister “Ellen” (Lilith Stangenberg) lives a life as a dental assistant peppered with a great deal of booze and some random sex, increasingly with her married colleague “Sebastian” (Ronald Vogel). The family are fairly disjointed, and when the father dies we see how they reconcile with home truths abounding, the failings of electric cars made pretty clear and the virtues of forest funerals advertised too! There is a considerable degree of energy from both siblings here. Eidinger’s side of the coin involves a torrid relationship with his mother and delivers one of the most entertainingly frank conversations you’re ever likely to see, all while he is caught up in a love triangle with his ex-girlfriend and her newborn baby and the baby’s father whom she would rather he was than “Moritz” (Nico Holonics). “Ellen”, well she’s a bit of a firebrand and let’s also say that if you are at all squeamish about dentists, drills, masks and… well, just suffice to say that there are some scenes that really did make me very grateful I was the only person at this screening! You wouldn’t want to take her to a concert neither! There is lots of humour here, but it’s not comedy nor is it laugh out loud. It’s much more scenario and character-based and the strong performances cleverly interweave the strands towards the ending in a fashion that guarantees that an happy ending is the last thing we can expect. It is a long film, but it is structured in a way that keeps it engaging, touching, at times quite sad and at times realistically poignant as family life is put under a microscope. We are also treated to quite an orchestral treat at the end, too, as this maelstrom of human emotions moves on to new chapters.

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