Quellen des Lebens

Deutschland 2011/2012 Spielfilm

Summary

Roots Of Life

Germany 1949: Veteran soldier Erich feels like a stranger after his return to his homeland, which in the meantime has become a new Federal Republic. Through Erich and his children’s and grandchildren’s generations, we experience the milestones in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany: his wife has a lover, in order to promote the “economic miracle” a garden gnome factory is built, his son becomes a poet, but it’s his son’s wife who is far more talented, and his grandson, strengthened by the Group 47 and free love, is surprisingly capable of finding the only one, true love and becomes a cheerful and good person in a country of narcissists, petty bourgeoisie, and former Nazis. And even Erich is moved, despite his frustration, to acts of greatness.

 

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

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Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Cast

All Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Director of photography

Steadycam operator

Still photography

Lighting design

Key grip

Art director

Production design

Property master

Stand-by props

Special make-up effects

Costume design

Editing

Sound assistant

Audio mixing

Special effects

Stunts

Cast

Co-Producer

Executive producer

Line producer

Unit production manager

Production assistant

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 01.08.2011 - 11.11.2011: NRW, Mitteldeutschland, Berlin, Italien
Duration:
173 min
Format:
35mm, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.11.2012, 136022, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 14.02.2013

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Quellen des Lebens
  • Weiterer Titel (ENG) Sources of Life

Versions

Original

Duration:
173 min
Format:
35mm, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.11.2012, 136022, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 14.02.2013

Awards

FBW 2014
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Verband der deutschen Filmkritik 2014
  • Beste Musik