Where to Watch The Longing Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Longing' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Iain Dilthey-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Longing' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Longing' right now, here are some particulars about the Artus Postproduktion drama flick.

Released August 8th, 2002, 'The Longing' stars Susanne-Marie Wrage, Klaus Grünberg, Robert Lohr, Heidemarie Rohweder The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a user score of 58 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 5 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve wife. Lena's daily life is characterized by grinding monotony, a life narrowly circumscribed by nursing, organ playing and the duties of the marriage bed. The mysterious murder of a village girl suddenly knocks this humdrum existence off its tracks. In the wake of these events Lena discovers the affection and tenderness for which she has always longed in Paul, the village mechanic. This encounter is the start of an emancipation that leads her not to reveal Paul's secret regarding the girl's murder, for fear of losing her newly won piece of happiness. In turn it means she has to remain silent, as she has always done in her many years of marriage. So it is that this love ultimately turns Lena herself into a fallen angel." .