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Dark Days

Dark Days

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 5, 1999

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

35%

Original Title

Dunkle Tage

Production Companies

Colonia Media, ARD

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Description

Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everything. She starts drinking and loses her job. Her children Felicitas and Max try to hush up their social decline for years because they don't want to live in a foster home.