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Released
2007 · FILM

Youth Without Youth

A brilliant professor who ages backward after a lightning strike must protect a mysterious young woman whose extraordinary abilities hold the key to his groundbreaking research—and survival.

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Written by
Francis Ford Coppola, Mircea Eliade
Runtime
125 min
DramaFantasyMystery

Synopsis

Dominic Matei, a professor of language and philosophy, is struck by lightning and rapidly ages backward from 70 to 40 within a week, drawing the attention of the world and the Nazis. While evading capture, he encounters a young woman who has also experienced a lightning storm. Through their connection, Dominic not only rekindles his capacity for love but also discovers that her newfound abilities are crucial to advancing his research.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Walter MurchShot by Mihai Malaimare JrScored by Osvaldo GolijovDesigned by Calin Papura

Box Office

2007 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.6M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$2.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $44K

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • Jugend ohne Jugendde
  • L'Homme sans âgefr
  • Un'altra giovinezzait

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