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Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

Drama. Romania, 1938. A 70-year-old professor of language and philosophy considers suicide as he is unable to complete his life's work on the origins of language and the love of his life is dead. But then he is struck by lightning. As he recovers, he starts to grow younger. He must now avoid the Nazis, who want to carry out experiments on him.

Last on

Fri 3 Feb 2012 23:50 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

Credits

Dominic
Tim Roth
Veronica/Laura
Alexandra Maria Lara
Professor Stanciulescu
Bruno Ganz
Josef Rudolf
Andre Hennicke
Prof Giuseppe Tucci
Marcel Iures
Director
Francis Ford Coppola

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Nov 2010 23:00 BBC HD

  • Sat 27 Nov 2010 23:00 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

  • Fri 3 Feb 2012 23:50 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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