Silvester Countdown
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Silvester Countdown
The film is a detailed portrayal of the tragic-comic and stressful situation of a young Berlin couple - Romeo and Juliet - who want to get away from the city over New Year and escape to a East European metropolis. But in so doing their relationship gets into a hell of a mess. He wants to always treat her like an object, but underestimates her intelligence. After five nerve-wracking days of to-ing and fro-ing, they drive back to Berlin but have only moved the of setting for their arguments ...
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Credits
| Director: | Oskar Roehler |
| Screenplay: | Oskar Roehler |
| Director of photography: | Lorenz Haarmann |
| Editing: | Christine Boock |
| Music: | Patrick Pulsinger, Dieter Webel, George Brasch |
| Cast: | |
| Rolf Peter Kahl | Romeo |
| Marie Zielcke | Julia |
| Robert Viktor Minich | Franz |
| Juliane Werner | Jessy |
| Harry Hass | Kassierer |
| Wolfgang Wimmer | Manager |
| Ines Dressler | Tänzerin |
| Miklos Küniger | 1. Taxifahrer |
| George Nickels | 2. Taxifahrer |
| Christoph Schlingensief | Pole |
| Production company: | ErdbeermundFilm (Berlin), FGV Schmidle GmbH (München) |
| Producer: | Rolf Peter Kahl, Oskar Roehler |
All Credits
| Director: | Oskar Roehler |
| Assistant director: | Mirko Borscht |
| Screenplay: | Oskar Roehler |
| Director of photography: | Lorenz Haarmann |
| Assistant camera: | Thore Garbers |
| Set design: | Denise Dachsel, Katia Fouquet |
| Costume design: | Britta Krähe |
| Make-up artist: | Julia Tham |
| Editing: | Christine Boock |
| Assistant editor: | Gregor Wille |
| Sound: | Heino Herrenbrück |
| Sound assistant: | Steve Klein, Lasse Viehöfer |
| Audio mixing: | Alexander Leser |
| Music: | Patrick Pulsinger, Dieter Webel, George Brasch |
| Cast: | |
| Rolf Peter Kahl | Romeo |
| Marie Zielcke | Julia |
| Robert Viktor Minich | Franz |
| Juliane Werner | Jessy |
| Harry Hass | Kassierer |
| Wolfgang Wimmer | Manager |
| Ines Dressler | Tänzerin |
| Miklos Küniger | 1. Taxifahrer |
| George Nickels | 2. Taxifahrer |
| Christoph Schlingensief | Pole |
| Production company: | ErdbeermundFilm (Berlin), FGV Schmidle GmbH (München) |
| Producer: | Rolf Peter Kahl, Oskar Roehler |
| Shoot: | 25.01.1997-21.02.1997: Berlin, Warschau |
| Original distributor: | Filmwelt / Prokino Verleihgemeinschaft (München) |
| Length: | 2351 m, 86 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,66 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.02.1998, 79164, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Kinostart (DE): 12.03.1998 |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Silvester Countdown |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2351 m, 86 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,66 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.02.1998, 79164, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Kinostart (DE): 12.03.1998 |
Awards
| Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 1998 |
| Beste Darstellerin Marie Zielke |
| Filmfest München 1997 |
| Förderpreis Deutscher Film, Regie |




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