Wir sind die Nacht (2010)

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
Tomas 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 Louise for Lena jeopardizes the couple.

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Plot Keywords:

female vampire | vampire | implied female nudity | implied nudity | bitten in the neck | 

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Taglines:

Immortal. Insatiable.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

28 October 2010 (Germany)

Also Known As:

We Are the Night

Filming Locations:

Spreepark, Plänterwald, Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€6,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celluloid Dreams,Constantin Film,Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nina Hoss was always the first and only choice as Louise when Dennis Gansel wrote the script in 1999. She wanted the part from the get go. Karoline Herfurth had also been attached since the 90s but was too young to play Lena, the part Gansel wanted to give her. Instead he promised her the part of Nora. Due to the delay in production, however, Herfurth was old enough to play Lena when the film was finally green-lit.

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Goofs

The safety cars the girls drive after the police raid have completely tinted windows for obvious reasons. But cars with tinted front windows as shown in the film are forbidden in Germany. However, this is probably intentional as Louise is wealthy and might have gotten the cars through illegal ways as an emergency escape plan.

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Quotes

Lena: How many of you are there?
Louise: 40 women in Europe, about 100 all across the world.
Lena: And the men?
Charlotte: They are extinct.

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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

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.23 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Nightlife
Written by Chris Corner
Performed by IAMX

User Reviews

"Better than Let The Right One in"

A number of my friends have praised the Swiss film Let The Right One In and the American version Let Me In. But I prefer We Are The Night. Because I prefer a group of beautiful women vampires than a vampire girl who befriends a young boy who is bullying victim.

We Are The Night is about a trio of beautiful female vampires lead by Louise, who is over 280 years old. Her two companions are the quiet Charlotte and the cheerful Nora. These female vampires are just as beautiful as they are deadly. Louise runs a nightclub and one night Louise sees at the nightclub a troubled young woman named Lena, who does pickpocketing for a living. Louise believes Lena to be the love of her life that she is looking for. So Louise turns Lena into a vampire. Lena is initially shocked by this transformation but starts to enjoy her immortal life with the other three women. This life includes fast cars, shopping and all night parties. But this immortal life comes at a price. Lena maintains her conscience and when the murderous lust for blood becomes too much for Lena all hell breaks lose.

This film explores the consequences of immortality and also explores the idea of an all female society. In one scene in this movie Louise explains to Lena that only female vampires exist because the female vampires have killed all the male vampires because they were "too arrogant and too stupid." So the female vampires have vowed not to turn any men into vampires so "no man mortal or immortal tells us what to do."

So if you like a film with beautiful female vampires, than We Are The Night is the film for you.