After Darkness

After Darkness

A schizophrenic fear of a memory that threatened to destroy them both.

1985•1h 44m•4.1/10

DramaHorrorThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.1/10(8)

To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.

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Production

Ecco AG, Green Man Prodcutions, T&C Film, TSR

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

John Hurt

John Hurt

Peter Hunningford

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Laurence Hunningford

Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril

Pascale

Pamela Salem

Pamela Salem

Elisabeth

Gerd Heinz

Care-taker

Lise Ramu

Wife Care-taker

William Jacques

Dr. Coles

Jacqueline Moore

Jacqueline Moore

Mother Children

Philippe Herzog

Laurence, Child

Michael Herzog

Jan, Child

Peter Kristen

Peter, Child

Nirmalu López-Bravo

Medium

Alexandra Cuypers

Sara

Soledad Aizpurua

Interpreter

Anne-Marie Delbart

Helen

Jean-Pierre Gos

Jean-Pierre Gos

Engineer

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