Fate
Verhängnis
Synopsis
The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night. They speak different languages, but they are fatefully bound together by the solitary quest for happiness and deliverance. Sloping paths are all that's left for them in an age of lost perspectives, lost refuges and lost homelands. They sink deeper with every movement that should be liberating them. Every gesture of love becomes a gesture of humiliation. The desperate dance of their life has become a passionate dance of death. In the centre of this centrifuge at the end of the millennium the Russian emigrant Valery and his lover Ljuba are turning around each other in a nocturnal round dance of desire and pain, hope and violence and the indestructible will to survive
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- Director
- Fred Kelemen
- Screenplay & Story
- Fred Kelemen
- Original Title
- Verhängnis
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Spoken Languages
- German, Russian, Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Production Studios
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Fred Kelemen
Fred Kelemen
Fred Kelemen
Fred Kelemen
Department Leadership Roster
Fred Kelemen
Director of Photography
Fred Kelemen
Director
Fred Kelemen
Writer
Fred Kelemen
Editor
Age Classification & Content Advisories
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International Certification Matrix
FSK 18 — Restricted to adults 18 and older.
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What is Fate about?
The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night. They speak different languages, but they are fatefully bound together by the solitary quest for happiness and deliverance. Sloping paths are all that's left for them in an age of lost perspectives, lost refuges and lost homelands. They sink deeper with every movement that should be liberating them. Every gesture of love becomes a gesture of humiliation. The desperate dance of their life has become a passionate dance of death. In the centre of this centrifuge at the end of the millennium the Russian emigrant Valery and his lover Ljuba are turning around each other in a nocturnal round dance of desire and pain, hope and violence and the indestructible will to survive
Who directed Fate?
Fate was directed by Fred Kelemen.
Who stars in Fate?
The principal cast of Fate includes Valerij Fedorenko, Marc Ottiker, Sanja Spengler, Eddi Zacharias.
When was Fate released and how long is it?
Fate was released in 1994 with a total runtime of 1h 13m.
What is the age rating and content advisory for Fate?
Fate holds official age classifications: DE: 18 (FSK 18 — Restricted to adults 18 and older.).