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TO LIFE!

AUF DAS LEBEN!

By Uwe JANSON

MOVING STORY ENTERTAINMENT - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, AUSTRALIA / FEST

Drama - Completed 2014

Hof 2014

Official Selection

Sao Paulo IFF 2014

Official Selection

Haifa 30th IFF 2014

Official Selection

Jiff Jewish IFF Sidney/ Melbourne 2014

Official Selection

Berlin & Beyond FF San Francisco 2014

Official Selection

Montréal World FF 2014

Official Selection

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Countries
- GERMANY
- Languages
- GERMAN, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 91 mn
- Director(s)
- Uwe JANSON
- Writer(s)
- Thorsten WETTCKE
- Cast
- Hannelore ELSNER, Max RIEMELT, Aylin TEZEL, Sharon BRAUNER, Andreas SCHMIDT, Matthieu CARRIÈRE
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-9347-0000-F-0000-0000-T
- Producer(s)
- Alice BRAUNER (CCC-Filmkunst Berlin), Michael ZECHBAUER (Co-Producer)
- Synopsis
- Fate has taken its toll on the ageing cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to live.
  
  "To Life!", which translates into German as "Auf das Leben!" and into Hebrew as "L'Chaim!", is a popular Jewish toast that symbolizes the atmosphere of this film. In the subtle and always demure interplay between Hannelore Elsner, the grande dame of German cinema, and versatile young star Max Riemelt (“Sense 8”,"The Wave", "Napola"), Janson weaves a tale that effortlessly shifts between World War II, the post-war generation and today. It features intensely moving renditions of Jewish music classics that have been re-recorded and newly interpreted for this film, and that suffuse the film with the palpable feel of a culture of defiance and life.