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Louis-Ferdinand Céline became famous with his controversial novel Voyage au bout de la nuit in 1932. In 1944, when France was occupied by the Germans and he was reputed to be a collaborator, he and his wife sought refuge in Germany. One of the places where they stayed was Sigmaringen. Céline wrote three novels about this period. Darkness follows the tracks of the Célines across a country that was both materially and mentally on the verge of complete ruin. The film sweeps the viewer along into dark associative images, in which archival footage, interviews and dramatised sequences are continually mixed. In the voiceover, we hear the author's texts.

Germany - 2005 - 1 h 23 mn - Super 16 mm / DV - Colour and B&W

Director Thomas Tielsch Writer Thomas Tielsch Camera Bernd Mosblech Sound Hans-Joerg Bramm, Jens Röhm Editing Thomas Tielsch, Andrew Bird Music Paul Lemp

Production FilmTank Hamburg, Lippmann Strasse 53, 22769 Hambourg, Allemagne Tél : +49 40 431 861 31 Fax : +49 40 431 861 11 E-mail : filmtank@filmtank.de Co-Production Next Filmproduktion GmbH & Co KG, ZDF

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