Future Is A Lonely Place (2021): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch Future Is A Lonely Place in Persian?

Future Is A Lonely Place streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2021 drama film from Germany. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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A quiet man walks into a robbery with no explanation, and Future Is a Lonely Place spends the rest of its runtime working out why.

What is Future Is A Lonely Place about?

Frank has no record and no obvious motive, yet he attacks a money transporter and calmly turns himself in afterward, leaving investigators with a case that makes no sense on paper. Inside prison he crosses paths with Fuad, a man protected by his own clan and deeply involved in the yard's drug trade, and starts working his way into that operation rather than staying clear of it. The move drags him into the standing tension between German and Arab inmates, a rivalry he cannot simply opt out of once he is inside it. A prison guard named Susanna becomes the one person he can talk to honestly, unaware that she is tangled up with Fuad's business in ways that complicate everything Frank is trying to do. Only gradually does the reason for Frank's opening act come into focus: a family tragedy on the road, and a driver who was never held responsible for it.

About the cast

Lucas Gregorowicz carries the film as Frank, with Denis Moschitto and Katharina Schüttler in key roles as Fuad and Susanna. Ronald Kukulies, Zejhun Demirov, Vedat Erincin, Billey Demirtas and Daniel Drewes complete an ensemble built around the prison's competing factions.

Context & significance

Directed by Martin Hawie and Laura Harwarth and released in 2021, Future Is a Lonely Place is a German production that sits across drama, thriller and crime, closer in tone to a slow character study than an action-driven prison film. Its German setting grounds the story in a specific prison system and its social tensions rather than a generic genre backdrop, and the pacing favors psychological pressure over spectacle.

Watching Future Is A Lonely Place on Ktime

Future Is a Lonely Place streams on K-Time with both a Farsi dub and Farsi subtitles, so it's easy to follow either way. A free K-Time account login is all that's needed to watch, part of the platform's broader effort to bring international drama to Persian-speaking viewers in their own language.

Cast & crew

Future Is A Lonely Place is a 2021 drama film from Germany. It was directed by Martin Hawie, Laura Harwarth. The cast is led by Lucas Gregorowicz, Denis Moschitto, Katharina Schüttler. It runs 101 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Martin Hawie, Laura Harwarth

Cast

Lucas Gregorowicz, Denis Moschitto, Katharina Schüttler, Ronald Kukulies, Zejhun Demirov, Vedat Erincin, Billey Demirtas, Daniel Drewes

Country

Germany

Year

2021

Runtime

101 min

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Crime, GERMAN

Frequently asked questions

What year did Future Is a Lonely Place come out?

It was released in 2021.

Who directed the film?

Martin Hawie and Laura Harwarth co-directed it.

What country produced Future Is a Lonely Place?

It's a German production.

Is Future Is a Lonely Place dubbed or subtitled in Farsi?

Yes, K-Time has it with both a Farsi dub and Farsi subtitles.

What year was Future Is A Lonely Place made?

Future Is A Lonely Place was released in 2021 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.