---
title: 'Distant Lights (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans-Christian Schmid'
released: '2003-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/distant-lights-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351238/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Distant Lights (2003)

2003 · 105 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Lichter

## Synopsis

Distant Lights is a 2003 German film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. The film takes place on the Polish-German border at Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder). It features an ensemble cast, and the various threads illustrate the daily life between the two countries. Its original German title is Lichter, which means "Lights".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans-Christian Schmid](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-schmid)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans-Christian Schmid](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-schmid)
- **Original Music Composer:** [The Notwist](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-notwist)
- **Producer:** [Jakob Claussen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-claussen), [Thomas Wöbke](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-wobke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bogumił Godfrejów](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogumi-godfrejow)
- **Editor:** [Hansjörg Weißbrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansjorg-wei-brich), [Bernd Schlegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-schlegel)

## Cast

- [Alice Dwyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-dwyer)
- [Tom Jahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-jahn)
- [Sebastian Urzendowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-urzendowsky)
- [Sergey Frolov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-frolov)
- [Zbigniew Zamachowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-zamachowski)
- [Anna Yanovskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-yanovskaya)
- [August Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-diehl)
- [Martin Kiefer](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kiefer)
- [Herbert Knaup](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-knaup)
- [Aleksandra Justa](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandra-justa)
- [Maria Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-simon)
- [Ivan Shvedoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-shvedoff)
- [Henry Hübchen](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hubchen)
- [Julia Krynke](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-krynke)
- [Devid Striesow](https://cinepixo.com/people/devid-striesow)

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