Directed by:
Lucas NathrathCinematography:
Philip JestädtComposer:
Sebastian Jakob DoppelbauerCast:
Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer, Pauline Werner, Nikolai Gemel, Julius Forster, Nils Rovira-Muñoz, Pascal Houdus, Susanne Dorothea Schneider (more)Plots(1)
One of the best things about Letzter Abend is its setting: Hanover, one of the dozens of unremarkable midsized German cities that are special maybe to those living there, but few others. Hanover is very proper, clean and more drowsy than boring – the opposite of the nation’s hip capital 90 speed-train minutes plus eastward: Berlin. The latter is where the young couple at the centre of Letzter Abend will soon move to, lockdown-tired and ready for something new and hopefully better than what COVID-19 (politics) reduced their life to. By way of farewell, they invite some friends for a casual party in their now almost-empty apartment. The problem is that quite a few of them don’t come at all or arrive far too late, while unexpected visitors, including strangers, start to fill up the place. Letzter Abend was shot on a shoestring budget in one week. For Lukas Nathrath and his actors, this became a dense season of do-or-die expressiveness, and a head-first dive into the deep end of emotional turmoil. No excesses, though! This is filmmaking of the lean and clear variety, classical in its conception while modern in its realisation: performance-centred, dialogue-dense and always behind its characters, right or wrong. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer
Austria
Best movies:
Sachertorte (2022)
Quiet Freedom (2021)
Pauline Werner
Germany
Best movies:
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Das Traumschiff (1981) (series)
Nikolai Gemel
Austria
Best movies:
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
Vanished (2011) (TV movie)
Superworld (2015)
Julius Forster
Germany
Nils Rovira-Muñoz
Germany
Pascal Houdus
West Germany
Best movies:
Thirty (2019)
Susanne Dorothea Schneider
West Germany
Isabelle von Stauffenberg
Germany
Amelle Schwerk
Germany
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)