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- ↑ "Delicious: A film by Nele Mueller-Stöfen". Komplizen Film. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ Scott Roxborough (5 December 2024). "Tom Tykwer's 'The Light' to Open 2025 Berlin Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ↑ "Was Marielle weiß" [What Marielle Knows]. Film Starts (in German). 12 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Kein Tier. So Wild" [No Beast. So Fierce.]. Film Starts (in German). 12 September 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
