A FADING MAN
A film by Welf Reinhart
When Kurt, living with dementia, turns up at his ex-wife Hanne’s home unaware of their divorce, her life with partner Bernd is disrupted. What begins as an uneasy coexistence slowly opens up new possibilities for love and for life.
Status: Completed
Year: 2026
Genre: Romance, drama, comedy
Country: Germany
Language: German
Available subtitles: English
Runtime: 102 min.
Original title: Der verlorene Mann
Welf Reinhart was born in 1995 in Würzburg. He first studied in Kassel and later studied feature film directing at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich. His short film, Rooms, screened at numerous Academy Award-qualifying festivals and won, among other honors, the Student Academy Award in Los Angeles in 2022. A Fading Man is his first feature-length film. It celebrates its World Premiere at the Tiger Competition of the Rotterdam IFF.
FILMOGRAPHY
2026 A Fading Man
2021 Rooms (short)
CAST
Dagmar Manzel
August Zirner
Harald Krassnitzer
CREW
Director: Welf Reinhart
Screenplay: Tünde Sautier, Welf Reinhart
Cinematography: Micky Graeter
Editing: Ulrike Tortora, Welf Reinhart
Composer: Pablo Jókay
Sound: Xavier Fleming, Thomas Möhl
Producers: Philipp Maron, Tristan Bähre, Louis Merki
Production Companies: Maverick Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Merki und Reinhart Film
2026
Rotterdam IFF | Tiger Competition
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