Finnischer Tango

Finnischer Tango

Deutschland 2007/2008, Spielfilm

Synopsis

Finnish Tango
Alexander is a small-time crook, who unsuccessfully tours the minor arts stages with his buddies in an attempt to convince the world of the importance of "Finnish tango" that he is rattling out on his accordion. Then, the raid of a rival heavy metal band′s instruments leads to an accident with serious consequences and Alexander has to hide in the demimonde of occasional jobs. In a classified ad, a theatre group is looking for actors. The only qualification: at least a slight handicap.

Effortlessly, Alexander takes on his new role as an impostor, lands a role and finds accomodation in an assisted living community for handicapped people. There, he meets unsuspecting and likeable people – and a miracle happens. Every thoughtless disgrace Alexander commits, turns into something positive. Even when he flogs the new wheelchair, spurs on the manic-depressive cripple to commit suicide, or tries to turn the ignorance of a mongoloid into money – every time things turn to good account. Finally, Alexander starts to understand himself in this fairy tale of all the good within the bad, and is able to change.

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Credits

All Credits

Director:Buket Alakuş
Assistant director:Margarethe Heitmüller
Screenplay:Jan Berger, Marcus Hertnrck
Director of photography:Daniela Knapp
Assistant camera:Boye Klüver
2nd Camera unit:Karsten Danch
Steadycam operator:Florian Klos
Lighting design:Helge Schwarz
Gaffer:Ingo Scheel
Key grip:Daniel Lefeld, Jürgen Steil
Set dresser:Sabine Feldmann
Set design:Sabine J. Rudolph (Szenenbild), Ralf Mootz (Szenenbild)
Property master:Anne Schiek
Costume design:Rike Russig
Costumes:Meike Stangier
Editing:Andreas Radtke
Assistant editor:Anna Kappelmann
Dubbing editor:Lisa Taeter
Sound design:Gregor Arnold
Sound assistant:Frank Haßelmann
Foley artist:Peter Deininger
Audio mixing:Luigi Rensinghoff
Casting:Mai Seck
Music:Christoph Blaser, Steffen Kahles
  
Cast: 
Christoph BachAlexander
Mira BartuschekLotte
Michael SchumacherClark
Nele WinklerMarilyn
Fabian BuschRudolph
Daniel ZillmannSteini
Frank Grabski
  
Production company:Geisberg Studios Filmproduktion GmbH (Bremen), Pinguin Film GmbH (Berlin)
in co-production with:Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Hamburg), Radio Bremen (RB) (Bremen)
Producer:Eike Besuden
Producer (TV):Annette Strelow (RB), Jeanette Würl (NDR)
Line producer:Rolf Wappenschmitt
Location manager:Christian Wulf, Simon Zwick, Florian Bothe (Set)
Shoot:27.02.2007-04.04.2007: Bremen
Original distributor:Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)
Funding:Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin), nordmedia Fonds GmbH Niedersachsen und Bremen (Hannover + Bremen)
Length:2499 m, 91 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,86
Picture/Sound:Farbe, Dolby
Rating:FSK-Prüfung (DE): 15.07.2008, 114400, ab 12 Jahre/feiertagsfrei
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 11.06.2008, Ludwigshafen, Festival des deutschen Films;
Kinostart (DE): 28.08.2008

Titles

Originaltitel (DE) Finnischer Tango

Versions

Original

Length:2499 m, 91 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,86
Picture/Sound:Farbe, Dolby
Rating:FSK-Prüfung (DE): 15.07.2008, 114400, ab 12 Jahre/feiertagsfrei
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 11.06.2008, Ludwigshafen, Festival des deutschen Films;
Kinostart (DE): 28.08.2008