We Are the Night (2010)
"Wir sind die Nacht" (original title)

In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena.

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Writers:

Jan Berger (screenplay), Dennis Gansel (screenplay),

Stars:

Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karoline Herfurth	...	Lena
Nina Hoss	...	Louise
Jennifer Ulrich	...	Charlotte
Anna Fischer	...	Nora
Max Riemelt	...	Tom
Arved Birnbaum	...	Lummer
Steffi Kühnert	...	Lenas Mutter
Jochen Nickel	...	Bewährungshelfer
Ivan Shvedoff	...	van Gogh
Nic Romm	...	Olsen
Manuel Depta	...	Russenschläger 1
Tom Jester	...	Russenschläger 2
Waléra Kanischtscheff	...	Wasja
Christian Näthe	...	Wachmann 1
Tom Jahn	...	Wachmann 2

Storyline

The vampires Louise, Charlotte and Nora arrive in Berlin after attacking the passengers and crew of an airplane in a flight to Paris. The leader Louise has been looking for centuries for her missed love and Charlotte misses her daughter that she saw in 1923 for the last time. Meanwhile, the smalltime pickpocket Lena steals a Russian mobster and is chased by Detective Tom. When Lena goes to a nightclub, the lesbian Louise believes that Lena is the love of her life and transforms her into a vampire. Lena initially feels lost with the transformation, but sooner she joins the trio of vampires in their nightlife. When the pack of vampires attacks a group of criminals, the police department investigates the case and hunts the women without knowing the risks that they are taking. Meanwhile the lonely Tom and the Lena fall in love with each other; but the unrequited love of Lena for Louise jeopardizes the couple.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | police officer killed | shot in the arm | female vampire | exploding body | 

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Taglines:

Immortal. Insatiable.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

28 October 2010 (Germany)

Also Known As:

We Are the Night

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€6,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celluloid Dreams, Constantin Film Produktion, Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jürgen Vogel visited the set during the shooting of the climax. He gave Dennis Gansel a massage.

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Goofs

In the montage sequence in the beginning Louise's face is (inexpertly) photoshopped into Menzel's Flute Concert of Frederick the Great. Actually, the person sitting in this position in the painting is Frederick's sister Wilhelmine.

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Quotes

Lena: Well you are the first human being to ever see it...
Louise: I am not a human being.

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Crazy Credits

Opening and closing credits are white initially, but just before fading out out, they turn blood-red.

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Connections

References Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Self-fulfilling Prophecy"
Written by Stijn Kolacny & Steven Kolacny
Performed by Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Courtesy of ATCO/Warner

User Reviews

A Satisfactory Suck

As a film, it's a nice one. As a genre - a modern vampire - flick, it might easily deserve a full tenner. It's one of the most intelligent, mature (no pun intended on the ladies, who have had about 300 years to ripe), technically apt movies about the life of a vampire in the modern world. The story might be only so-so, but the solid actors, the production values, the direction and the overall classy look of the outcome more than compensates for the (very slight) shortcomings of the structure. Basically a lesbian love (or lust) story, it never gets sappy or lame, whether dealing with girl-on-girl or straight passion. It's quite different from American vamp flicks (True Blood bares similarities in the overall mood), especially those vamp flicks, which pretend to be European. Wie sind die Nacht is a solid piece of good entertainment without most of the clichés of a traditional 'I suck your blood' romp. It's a vampire film, which never once mentions the word 'vampire'. My only negative complaint would be the appearance of Charlotte (the utterly gorgeous Jennifer Ulrich): why do we always assume, that a vampire sort of gets stuck to the fashion of the era he/she was actually young in? Look at Tom Cruise in The Vampire Chronicles: the guy has been around for - what? 250 years? And he NEVER gets tired of ruffs, laces and buckled shoes? Never once ventures to try out jeans, fishnet shirts, disco boots, zoot suits --- no?! I mean come on! - a vampire, if anyone, should be willing to always change its appearance, for the sake of sheer boredom! Yet, Charlotte, who was made a vampire in 1923, never outgrows the Charleston dress, even though she is a remarkably pretty dish. Hard to believe. But hey, the ladies have killed off all the male vampires in the world, so they may very well wear what ever they desire. Enjoyable!