Das Morphus-Geheimnis

Das Morphus-Geheimnis

Deutschland / Schweiz 2008, Spielfilm

Synopsis

Mystery of Morphus
What happens when all of a sudden everyone else falls asleep and you are the only one who stays awake? This is what ten-year-old Nicki involuntarily experiences when the last composition called Morphus by the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven accidentally ends up in his schoolbag. The melody holds magic powers because everybody who listens to it falls asleep. Only a few people know about this secret, like the gangsters Max and Kwapisch.

On a trip with his dad into the snowy mountains, the gangsters follow them to steal the Morphus score. They want to use the magic force of the music for their racketeering. For the shy boy this is the start of a turbulent adventure. After arriving at the hotel Nicki learns about the magic powers of the melody when he starts to play it on his trumpet. He experiences that suddenly everyone around him falls asleep, except for Max and Kwapisch. Now he is completely alone and has to face the attacks and intrigues of the two gangsters. He has to fight for the Morphus score to save himself, his dad and everyone else from the evil doings of the villains. In this difficult situation, he makes substantial progress and changes from an anxious child into a self-confident boy.

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Credits

All Credits

Director:Karola Hattop
Assistant director:Marlies Butzlaff
Screenplay:Andrzej Maleszka
Director of photography:Sebastian Richter
Assistant camera:Kerstin Pommerenke, Jan Lehmann
Still photography:Anngret Plehn, Christoph Assmann
Key grip:Lutz Baschin
Set design:Nicole Heidel (Szenenbild)
Prop master:Frank Knüttel
Property master:Cora Geissler
Costume design:Ingrid Weiss
Make-up artist:Wolfgang Böge, Beatrix John
Editing:Karola Mittelstädt
Sound:Ralf Herrmann
Foley artist:Peter Deininger
Audio mixing:Julian Müller-Scherz
Special effects:Dirk Lange
Stunt co-ordinator:Piet Paes
Casting:Brit Beyer
Music:Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Denis
  
Cast: 
Jonas HämmerleNicki
Michael RollNickis Vater
Oliver KorittkeGauner Max
Arndt Schwering-SohnreyGauner Kwapisch
Charlotte CromeNickis Mutter
Magalie GreifMarta
Nadine SchoriHotelmanagerin
Wiebke KayserMartas Mutter
Christian WewerkaNotar
Sammy Scheuritzel
  
Production company:Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH (Berlin)
in co-production with:Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam), Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (Leipzig), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München), Langfilm AG (Zürich)
in association with:Teleclub AG (Zürich)
Producer:Jürgen Haase
Co-Producer:Bernard Lang
Producer (TV):Sabine Preuschhof, Karl-Heinz Staamann, Friederike Euler
Producer:Thomas Teubner
Line producer:Wolfgang Plehn
Unit production manager:Jutta Paarmann
Location manager:Ines Frederich, Caroline Blüher
Original distributor:Progress Film-Verleih GmbH (Berlin)
Funding:Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBBB) (Potsdam), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
Length:2528 m, 92 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,85
Picture/Sound:Farbe, Dolby
Rating:FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2008, 115415, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 08.09.2008, Frankfurt am Main, LUCAS Kinderfilmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 18.02.2009

Titles

Originaltitel (DE CH) Das Morphus-Geheimnis
Weiterer Titel (DE CH) Morphus

Versions

Original

Length:2528 m, 92 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,85
Picture/Sound:Farbe, Dolby
Rating:FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2008, 115415, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 08.09.2008, Frankfurt am Main, LUCAS Kinderfilmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 18.02.2009