Joy Division (2006)
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
- Date of release
- 2006-11-17
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Reg Traviss
Casting
- Ed Stoppard — Thomas
- Tom Schilling — Thomas
- Bernadette Heerwagen — Melanie
- Bernard Hill — Dennis
- Lea Mornar — Astrid
- Sean Chapman — Harris
- Thomas Darchinger — Karl
- Levente Törköly — Gouldovsky
- Sybille Gebhardt — Stephanie
- Bernard Kay — Bothringaye
- Michelle Gayle — Yvonne
- Dietrich Hollinderbäumer — Grandpa
Interesting facts
Joy Division is a 2006 British-German-Hungarian film directed by Reg Traviss. The story is a fictional biopic which follows the life of a boy in Germany at the end of World War II into his adulthood in Russia and London during the Cold War. The script was written by Reg Traviss and Rosemary Mason and went into production in 2004 after completion of Traviss' short film JD Pilot in 2003, based upon the same script and which also starred Ed Stoppard in the role of adult Thomas. Joy Division was shown for the film industry at the Cannes Film Festival European Film Market and at the American Film Market in 2005.
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