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CASTING
Germany 2017
Director: Nicolas Wackerbarth
Screenplay: Nicolas Wackerbarth, Hannes Held
Director of photography: Jürgen Carle
Editing: Saskia Metten
Cast:
Andreas Lust: Gerwin
Judith Engel: Vera
Milena Dreißig: Ruth
Corinna Kirchhoff: Luise Maderer
Victoria Trauttmansdorff: Tamara Lentzke
Marie-Lou Sellem: Nathalie Strasser
Andrea Sawatzki: Annika Grossmann
Ursina Lardi: Almut Dehlen
Nicole Marischka: Hanne
Stephan Grossmann: Manfred
Production company: Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (Baden-Baden)
Producer: Franziska Specht
Genre: Drama
Length: 94 min
Language: German with English subtitles
Synopsis:
For her first television film – a remake of Fassbinder’s "Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant" – director Vera wants the perfect cast. But the first day of shooting is fast approaching and the numerous casting sessions have yet to find a suitable actress to play the leading role. Although the producer and crew are getting ever more exasperated with Vera, Gerwin is happy about the extra work, as he earns his money as an audition reader, delivering the lines of dialogue to the starry candidates at the various castings. When the male lead suddenly has to back out, Gerwin thinks that this might just be his chance.
Director Nicolas Wackerbarth captures the complex essence of Fassbinder’s film and simultaneously creates a profound work of his own. "Casting" takes an unflinching look at the murky depths of human relationships driven by power, passion and desperation. Yet Wackerbarth also brings bitter truths to light about power relations and dependencies in the German television industry almost in passing. "Casting" is both intelligent and entertaining, marked by exciting turning points, humour and the breathtaking acting performances by a truly virtuoso ensemble.
Source: 67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
THE YOUNG KARL MARX
Germany / France / Belgium 2017
Director: Raoul Peck
Screenplay: Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck
Director of photography: Kolja Brandt
Editing: Frédérique Broos
Music: Alexei Aigui
Cast:
August Diehl: Karl Marx
Stefan Konarske: Friedrich Engels
Vicky Krieps: Jenny Marx
Olivier Gourmet: Pierre Proudhon
Michael Brandner: Joseph Moll
Alexander Scheer: Willhelm Weitling
Hannah Steele: Mary Burns
Niels-Bruno Schmidt: Karl Grün
Ulrich Brandhoff: Herrmann Kriege
Hans-Uwe Bauer: Arnold Ruge
Production company: Agat Film & Cie (Paris), Velvet Film (Paris)
Producer: Nicholas Blanc, Rémi Grellety, Robert Guédiguian, Raoul Peck
Genre: Biography / Drama / History
Length: 112 min
Language: German with English subtitles
Synopsis:
Karl Marx is 26 years old and living with his wife Jenny in exile in Paris. He is habitually in debt and plagued by existential anxieties. When he first meets the slightly younger factory owner’s son Friedrich Engels he dismisses him as a dandy. But Engels, who has just published a study on the miserable impoverishment of the English proletariat, has long since begun to distance himself from his own class. The two like-minded men become friends and soon inspire each other to write texts in which they seek to provide a theoretical foundation for the revolution they believe must come. Their goal is no longer to merely interpret the world, but to change it. Fundamentally. Resistance on the part of conservative forces and internal power struggles within the political Left only serve to spur them on.
Raoul Peck describes the origins of the international Socialist movement, the emergence of the Communist League and its founding document, the Communist Manifesto. At the same time, the film paints a portrait of two impetuous young men who passionately believe in the vision of a humane society and the revolutionary power of the abused and oppressed.
Source: 67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
AT EYE LEVEL
Germany 2016
Director: Evi Goldbrunner, Joachim Dollhopf
Screenplay: Evi Goldbrunner, Joachim Dollhopf
Director of photography: Jürgen Jürges
Editing: Maja Stieghorst
Music: David Ossa
Cast:
Luis Vorbach: Michi
Jordan Prentice: Tom
Ella Frey: Katja
Mira Bartuschek: Astrid
Phil Laude: Chris
Sebastian Fräsdorf: Konstantin
Anica Dobra: Frau Gonsalves
Patrick Kalupa: Andy
Marco Licht: Justin
Anselm Haderer: Leon
Production company: Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
Producer: Martin Richter, Christian Becker
Genre: Comedy / Family
Length: 99 min
Language: German with English subtitles
Awards:
German Film Awards 2017: Won
Film Award in Gold Outstanding Children or Youth Film (Bester Kinder- und Jugendfilm)
Martin Richter (producer)
Christian Becker (producer)
Martin Richter Filmproduktion (production company)
Rat Pack Filmproduktion (production company)
Munich Film Festival 2016: Won
Audience Award Kinderfilmfest Audience Award
Joachim Dollhopf
Evi Goldbrunner
German Film Critics Association Awards 2017: Won
German Film Critics Award Best Children's Film (Bester Kinderfilm)
Evi Goldbrunner
Joachim Dollhopf
Synopsis:
11-year-old Michi lives in a children's home, every day fighting to win the respect of the other kids, till the day he finds his real dad, Tom – who happens to be a dwarf, even shorter than Michi is, the opposite of his idea of manliness and strength. When the kids find out, Michi's life becomes hell and he flees. With nowhere to go, he moves in with Tom, who is new to this fatherhood thing, while Michi tries to hide his embarrassment and shame from his fellow school kids. This forces Tom, who had coped well till now, to confront his handicap head on. As time passes, they discover they have more in common than other sons and fathers, until their relationship is again suddenly put to the hard test...
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
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