Leo und Claire
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Leo and Claire
Germany 1933. Leo Katzenberger is a wealthy businessman, a prominent member of the community. At heart a German patriot, born in Nuremberg where he spent all his life, he is also a Jew. His company resides in a courtyard he considers to be his own little kingdom.
Leo′s world is shattered when he rents an apartment out to the young and attractive photographer Irene. She capriciously flirts with Leo and soon people are talking about the Jew and the German girl ...
In a time when "the purity of the Aryan race" is ascendant, this mild affair rapidly becomes a political issue - Leo, after all, is a Jew. Denounced by his hate-filled neighbors, he is condemned to be executed via the guillotine.
Leo and Claire captures in straightforward imagery a chapter of Nazi history based on a true story as documented in the book Der Jude und das Maedchen by Christiane Kohl.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
| Director: | Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Screenplay: | Stefan Cantz, Joseph Vilsmaier, Reinhard Klooss, Klaus Richter |
| Director of photography: | Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Editing: | Hans Funck |
| Music: | Gert Wilden jr. |
| Cast: | |
| Michael Degen | Leo Katzenberger |
| Suzanne von Borsody | Claire Katzenberger |
| Alexandra Maria Lara | Käthe Katzenberger |
| Jasmin Schwiers | Lilo Katzenberger |
| Rüdiger Vogler | Max Katzenberger |
| Aviva Joel | Karin Katzenberger |
| Franziska Petri | Irene Scheffler |
| Axel Milberg | Hausmeister Maisel |
| Jochen Nickel | Paul Steinheil |
| Andrea Sawatzki | Helga Steinheil |
| Production company: | Odeon Film AG (München-Geiselgasteig), Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH (Grünwald) |
| Producer: | Reinhard Klooss, Joseph Vilsmaier |
All Credits
| Director: | Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Screenplay: | Stefan Cantz, Joseph Vilsmaier, Reinhard Klooss, Klaus Richter |
| based on: | Christiane Kohl (Motive der Dokumentation "Der Jude und das Mädchen") |
| Director of photography: | Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Steadycam operator: | Michael Bartlett |
| Still photography: | Rolf von der Heydt |
| Lighting design: | Michael Beitz |
| Production design: | Uwe Szielasko |
| Set design: | Katja Schmidt, Claudia Fuchs (Assistenz) |
| Costume design: | Ute Hofinger |
| Make-up artist: | Ruth Philipp, Heiner Niehues |
| Editing: | Hans Funck |
| Sound: | Roland Winke |
| Audio mixing: | Michael Kranz |
| Casting: | Rita Serra-Roll |
| Music: | Gert Wilden jr. |
| Cast: | |
| Michael Degen | Leo Katzenberger |
| Suzanne von Borsody | Claire Katzenberger |
| Alexandra Maria Lara | Käthe Katzenberger |
| Jasmin Schwiers | Lilo Katzenberger |
| Rüdiger Vogler | Max Katzenberger |
| Aviva Joel | Karin Katzenberger |
| Franziska Petri | Irene Scheffler |
| Axel Milberg | Hausmeister Maisel |
| Jochen Nickel | Paul Steinheil |
| Andrea Sawatzki | Helga Steinheil |
| Production company: | Odeon Film AG (München-Geiselgasteig), Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH (Grünwald) |
| Producer: | Reinhard Klooss, Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Line producer: | Horst Hoffmann |
| Associate producer: | Oliver Huzly |
| Production supervisor: | Peter Sterr (Production Supervisor) |
| Shoot: | 08.11.2000-20.12.2000: München, Nürnberg, Jerusalem |
| Original distributor: | Central Film Vertriebs GmbH (Berlin) |
| Funding: | FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München), Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin) |
| Length: | 2824 m, 103 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,85 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby SRD |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.01.2002, 89550, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (CA): 27.08.2001, Montréal, IFF; Erstaufführung (DE): 16.04.2002, Nürnberg; Kinostart (DE): 18.04.2002; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 30.01.2005, ARD |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Leo und Claire |
| weitere Schreibweise Leo & Claire |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2824 m, 103 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,85 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby SRD |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.01.2002, 89550, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (CA): 27.08.2001, Montréal, IFF; Erstaufführung (DE): 16.04.2002, Nürnberg; Kinostart (DE): 18.04.2002; TV-Erstsendung (DE): 30.01.2005, ARD |
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