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THE LIGHT
DAS LICHT

• Director: Tom Tykwer
• GERMANY / 2025 / DCP / Colour / 162’ / German, English, Arabic; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Tom Tykwer
• Director of Photography: Christian Almesberger
• Editing: Claus Wehlisch, Alexander Berner
• Music: Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
• Cast: Nicolette Krebitz, Lars Eidinger, Tala Al-Deen, Elke Biesendorfer, Julius Gause
• Producer: Uwe Schott, Tom Tykwer
• Production Co.: X-Filme Creative Pool
• World Sales: Beta Cinema
• Turkish Rights: Bir Film

Tom Tykwer returns to the big screen and the present day after the long-running neo-noir TV series Babylon Berlin. Berlinale opener The Light follows the Engels family: Tim Engels (Lars Eidinger), his wife Milena, their twins Frieda and Jon, and Milena’s other son Dio ––a modern family living in a Berlin apartment. They have long lost the common bond that once held them together as a family. They share a home, but keep their lives separate. When enigmatic Syrian immigrant Farrah enters their lives as a housekeeper, she unexpectedly sets the disparate family on a new track. They open themselves and their deepest wounds up to Farrah, until they finally understand that she has been seeking their family for a long time as part of a plan. Scattered with elements of magical realism, The Light is an exhilarating and emotional drama by Tom Tykwer, a master of atmosphere and visual flair.

Screened with the support of German Films.

Screened with the support of Goethe Istanbul.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.