Dark Satellites

2022 2h 0m DE

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6.0

MID

★6.0TMDB · 5

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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A snack bar owner smokes with his Muslim neighbor in the stairwell of their apartment building at night. Her husband is his good friend. They draw closer to one another as the nights go on and look out over the city to the dark satellites, the brutalist concrete buildings on the outskirts of the city - relics of the GDR past. A security guard watches over Objekt 95, a satellite town with a residential complex which many foreigners call home. While on patrol at night, he gets to know a young Ukrainian woman who fled her home country when the war broke out. He wants to protect her, while his friend, the “old security guard”, radios to him from an abandoned Russian barrack night after night. A woman from the train cleaning service drinks in a train station bar after her night shift. There, she meets a hairdresser. The two of them become friends and spend many nights together in the station. Every night, her desire grows even greater for this woman who is exactly as lonely as she is.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Martina Gedeck
Christa
Nastassja Kinski
Birgitt
Albrecht Schuch
Jens
Lilith Stangenberg
Aischa
Adel Bencherif
Hamed
Andreas Döhler
Mario
Charly Hübner
Erik
Irina Starshenbaum
Marika

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thomas Stuber
Writers: Clemens Meyer, Thomas Stuber
Languages: Arabic, English, German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, German.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Thomas Stuber, shot by Peter Matjasko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Martina Gedeck and Nastassja Kinski and Albrecht Schuch carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14298644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Thomas Stuber directs. Peter Matjasko behind the camera. Kat Frankie scores. Julia Kovalenko cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in Arabic, English, German.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, German.
3Directed by Thomas Stuber, shot by Peter Matjasko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kat Frankie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julia Kovalenko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Martina Gedeck and Nastassja Kinski and Albrecht Schuch carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt14298644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.