Colors in the Dark

Colors in the Dark

85 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 13, 2011

Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are finishing school. Both can look back at a fulfilling past, but their lives are still rich and vibrant. The fact that Fred is terribly ill has been hidden from the family. For the first time in all these years, Fred takes some liberties, which his wife interprets as an affront. Never before has she felt so abandoned. Although she starts to question her relationship, a love like theirs cannot end so easily. Indeed it should never end.

Colors in the Dark

85 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 13, 2011

Colors in the Dark
Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are finishing school. Both can look back at a fulfilling past, but their lives are still rich and vibrant. The fact that Fred is terribly ill has been hidden from the family. For the first time in all these years, Fred takes some liberties, which his wife interprets as an affront. Never before has she felt so abandoned. Although she starts to question her relationship, a love like theirs cannot end so easily. Indeed it should never end.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers ARD, Unafilm, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Original title Satte Farben vor Schwarz
Directors Sophie Heldman
Writers Felix zu Knyphausen, Sophie Heldman

Cast

Bruno Ganz

as Fred

Senta Berger

as Anita

Barnaby Metschurat

as Patrick

Carina Wiese

as Karoline

Leonie Benesch

as Yvonne

Sylvana Krappatsch

as Frau Kramer

Thomas Limpinsel

as Mathis

Traute Hoess

as Frau Koch

Ruth Glöss

as Margot Mulder

Sybille J. Schedwill

as Schwester Sophie

Carlo Ljubek

as Taxifahrer

Volker Pitzer

as Postbote