Liebesleben

Name: Liebesleben
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-11-08
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Netta Garti, Rade Šerbedžija, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Singer, Ishai Golan

IMDb ID: tt0443570 · Year: 2007 · Rating: 5.9 (508 votes)

Genres: Drama

A married young academic falls under the sexual thrall of a much older man whose air of jaded ennui conceals a secret desire for vengeance...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Love Life
Canada: Love Life (English)
United Kingdom: Love Life
Ireland: Love Life (English)
India: Love Life (English)
New Zealand: Love Life (English)
United States: Love Life
World-wide: Love Life (English)
South Africa: Love Life (English)
Canada: Liebesleben (French)
Germany: Liebesleben
Turkey: Aşk Yaşamı (Turkish, Alternative Title)
Israel: Haye ahavah (Hebrew)
Hungary: Szerelmi élet
France: Vie amoureuse
Bulgaria: Любовен живот (Bulgarian)
Japan: 不倫時間 (Japanese)
Love LifeRelease Date2007-11-08Runtime113 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews4Critic Reviews9Countries / RegionsGermany
IsraelLanguagesEnglish
FrenchKeywordsfemale full frontal nudity
based on novel
older man younger woman sex
older man younger woman relationship
cheating wifeFilming LocationsCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyProduction CompaniesBayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Transfax Film Productions
X-Filme Creative PoolIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443570/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0443570.jpgUpdated At2025-06-02T13:07:41

Directors

Maria Schrader

Writers

Maria Schrader
Zeruya Shalev
Laila Stieler

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Netta Garti | Character: Ya'ara
Actor: Rade Šerbedžija | Character: Arie
Actor: Tovah Feldshuh | Character: Hannah, Ya'ara's mother
Actor: Stephen Singer | Character: Leon, Ya'ara's father
Actor: Ishai Golan | Character: Joni, Ya'ara's husband
Actor: Aryeh Moskona | Character: Nathan, restorer
Actor: Caroline Silhol | Character: Josephine, Arie's wife
Actor: Assi Dayan | Character: Dean Ross
Actor: Clara Khoury | Character: Shira, Arie's girlfriend
Actor: Gillian Buick | Character: Arie's niece
Actor: Zach Cohen | Character: Driver who kills the cat
Actor: Shlomit Mandel | Character: Driver's girlfriend
Actor: Leonie Kranzle | Character: Kenneth
Actor: Zeruya Shalev | Character: Librarian
Actor: Esther Zewko | Character: Parent's close friend
Actor: Tova Leigh | Character: Shopkeeper

[Directors Group]
Name: Maria Schrader | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Maria Schrader | Role: Writer
Name: Zeruya Shalev | Role: Writer
Name: Laila Stieler | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Stefan Arndt | Role: Producer
Name: Marcos Kantis | Role: Producer
Name: Lena Amanda Koch | Role: Producer
Name: Marek Rozenbaum | Role: Producer
Name: Andro Steinborn | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Benedict Neuenfels | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Antje Zynga | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Avy Kaufman | Role: Casting Director
Name: Esther Kling | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Christian M. Goldbeck | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Ariel Glazer | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Dror Sarogati | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Lucie Bates | Role: Costume Designer

[Production Management]
Name: Andreas Dobers | Role: Production Manager
Name: Verena Hassani | Role: Production Manager
Name: Marcos Kantis | Role: Production Manager
Name: Boris Mang | Role: Production Manager
Name: Itai Tamir | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Yochanan Kredo | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Andrew Chernakov | Role: Art Department
Name: Daniel Chour | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Hubert Bartholomae | Role: Sound Department
Name: Pit Kuhlmann | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jörn Poetzl | Role: Sound Department
Name: Matthias Schwab | Role: Sound Department
Name: Philipp Sellier | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Hannes Andresen | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Daniel Binder | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Wolf Bosse | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jan Hübel | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Bernd Mittelhockamp | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jan Schmidtgen | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Arik Bauriedl | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Danil Burobin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kenneth Cornils | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dirk Henkel | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tal Lazar | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Guy Ne'eman | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yehuda Sar-Israel | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tommy Schulz | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rami Siman-Tov | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daniel Solomon | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lior Trau | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Adam Verete | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Leeba Zakharov | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Heike Braitmayer | Role: Costume Department

[Location Management]
Name: Amir Feingold | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Skady Lis | Role: Music Department
Name: Jan Tilman Schade | Role: Music Department
Name: Xaver von Treyer | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Verena Hassani | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Grace Benoish | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Shunit Aharoni | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Volker Beyer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brian Cordray | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ulrike Gojowczyk | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Skady Lis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Holly-Jane Rahlens | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Loredana Rehekampff | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Philip Whitfield | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Norbert Maass | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Sebastian Blomberg | Role: Thanks
Name: David Strathairn | Role: Thanks
Name: Hansjörg Weißbrich | Role: Thanks

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443570/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Italy: October 23, 2007 (Festa Internazionale di Roma)
Germany: November 8, 2007
Germany: February 8, 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Israel: June 19, 2008
South Korea: July 15, 2010
United Kingdom: December 3, 2010

Awards

Box Office