By the Light of a Dying Star
Synopsis
June, 1940. When the house where Pierre lives with his wife Madgeleine and their son Charles is commandeered by the Wermacht, a strange cohabitation begins. On the one side, the French family with their two servants, Louise and Léa, and the beautiful Jewish tutor known to all as "Mademoiselle". On the other, the German occupants : the fanatical Krantz and honest Karl... A deep friendship soon springs up between Charles and Karl, but the threat of an uncertain future hangs over their relationship. Years go by : now Karl must leave for the Russian Front. Writing to his young friend, he describes the total horror of war. As Charles secretly reads these forbidden letters, his innocence is undermined. He grows in maturity from day to day. In his last letter, Karl speaks to Charles as a man : "When you read these words, I shall be dead, and this letter will be something like the light of dead stars : a light which continues to travel through space, though its source has long since expired..."
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Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Ognon Pictures
- Co-productions : Varuna Productions, La Sept Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : NRW - Filmstiftung Nordrhein Westfalen, Petit Paris Filmproduktion
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Les Acacias
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Humbert Balsan
- Screenwriters : Charles Matton, Sylvie Matton
- Dialogue Writers : Charles Matton, Sylvie Matton
- Director of Photography : Jean-Jacques Flory
- Music Composer : Nicolas Matton
- Assistant directors : Nadine Chaussonnière, Christophe Marillier
- Editor : Catherine Poitevin
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Lafran
- Costume designers : Isabelle Blanc, Nathalie Raoul
- Foreign Producer : Andreas Bareiss
- Production Manager : Malek Hamzaoui
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Production Designer : Pierre Sicre
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Vieillard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : War
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
- Production year : 1993
- French release : 12/01/1994
- Runtime : 1 h 50 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 81356
- Visa issue date : 18/01/1994
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
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