🎬 Drama

Sources of Life

⭐ 5.9/10 2013 2h 54m Dir. Oskar Roehler

About this movie

This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden gnomes. Klaus, Robert's father, wants to become a writer. He marries Gisela who almost immediately gets pregnant with Robert - but the marriage doesn't work. Both parents abandon the child, and Robert goes on living with both pairs of grand parents. While his father belongs to the 1968 generation that rebels against their fathers he falls in love with the neighbor's's daughter Laura.

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5.9/10 20 votes

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Year
2013
Runtime
2h 54m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.9/10
Votes
20
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
DE

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Oskar Roehler 👤 Jürgen Vogel 👤 Meret Becker 👤 Moritz Bleibtreu

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Sources of Life has a runtime of 2h 54m (2 hours and 54 minutes).
Sources of Life was directed by Oskar Roehler and released in 2013.
Sources of Life is a Drama film (2013).
The cast of Sources of Life includes Jürgen Vogel, Meret Becker, Moritz Bleibtreu, Lavinia Wilson, Kostja Ullmann.
Sources of Life has a TMDB rating of 5.9/10 based on 20 votes.

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