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Liebestraum

Play trailer Poster for Liebestraum R,  1991,  1h 42m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 42% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 48% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
42% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Raised as an adopted child, architecture professor Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) returns home to be near his biological mother, Lillian Anderson Munnsen (Kim Novak), during her last days. While wandering around the small town, Nick encounters old friend Paul Kessler (Bill Pullman), who is preparing to demolish a store where a couple once died in a murder-suicide. Nick begins an affair with Paul's wife, Jane (Pamela Gidley), unaware that their pasts are intertwined with the lurid deaths.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2/4
Liebestraum is another exercise in style, and it looks good, but Figgis' screenplay unfortunately labors to bring forth a revelation that is not only perfectly obvious, but isn't very interesting anyway. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com May 17, 2026
D+
Instead of conjuring temptation, or even the pressure of pain, "Liebestraum" mostly remains lifeless, missing a more critical sense of danger and a hypnotic display of confusion. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 16, 2005
3/5
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jan 30, 2004
2/5
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Jul 19, 2003
An intriguing and stylistically luxuriant film Go to Full Review
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Mar 7, 2003
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Mike Figgis

Director

Kevin Anderson

Nick Kaminsky

Pamela Gidley

Jane Kessler

Bill Pullman

Paul Kessler

Kim Novak

Lillian Anderson Munnsen

Thomas Kopache

Dr. Parker

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Liebestraum

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Movie Info

Synopsis Raised as an adopted child, architecture professor Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) returns home to be near his biological mother, Lillian Anderson Munnsen (Kim Novak), during her last days. While wandering around the small town, Nick encounters old friend Paul Kessler (Bill Pullman), who is preparing to demolish a store where a couple once died in a murder-suicide. Nick begins an affair with Paul's wife, Jane (Pamela Gidley), unaware that their pasts are intertwined with the lurid deaths.
Director
Mike Figgis
Producer
Eric Fellner
Screenwriter
Mike Figgis
Production Co
Initial Entertainment Group
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 24, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA)
$101.6K
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround
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