After Darkness

Feb 1, 1985

1h 44m

★ 4.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Ecco AG

Green Man Prodcutions

T&C Film

TSR

After Darkness Trailers

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Cast

Peter Hunningford

John Hurt

Laurence Hunningford

Julian Sands

Pascale

Victoria Abril

Elisabeth

Pamela Salem

Care-taker

Gerd Heinz

Wife Care-taker

Lise Ramu

Dr. Coles

William Jacques

Mother Children

Jacqueline Moore

Laurence, Child

Philippe Herzog

Jan, Child

Michael Herzog

Peter, Child

Peter Kristen

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