Väter
Quelle: X Verleih, DIF, © Christine Fenzl
Sebastian Blomberg, Ezra Valentin Lenz, Maria Schrader (v.l.n.r.)
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I′m the Father
Marco and Melanie, a young married couple, are living a life of passion, chaos, and all the little frustrations of everyday existence. Their love for each other seems like a beacon on heavy seas.
But career pressure, burned toast, and dirty laundry are eroding all tenderness, and they never seem to find enough time for their six-year-old son, Benny, either. Their world is about to fall apart when Melanie moves out, taking Benny with her. She files for divorce, and Marco makes a decision that is not only going to change his own life. In some peculiar way, he suddenly discovers his love of fatherhood ...
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
| Director: | Dani Levy |
| Screenplay: | Rona Munro, Dani Levy |
| Director of photography: | Carsten Thiele |
| Editing: | Elena Bromund |
| Music: | Niki Reiser |
| Cast: | |
| Ezra Valentin Lenz | Benny Krieger |
| Sebastian Blomberg | Marco Krieger |
| Maria Schrader | Melanie Krieger |
| Ulrich Noethen | Nico Ellermann |
| Marion Kracht | Marcos Assistentin Christa |
| Hanns Zischler | Dr. Beilenberg |
| Christiane Paul | Ilona |
| Elena Wilms | Sekretärin im Architekturbüro |
| Viktor Deiß | Dr. Schmidt |
| Christoph Bantzer | Jakob Eilermann |
| Production company: | X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Manuela Stehr |
All Credits
| Director: | Dani Levy |
| Assistant director: | Arndt Wiegering |
| Screenplay: | Rona Munro, Dani Levy |
| Story: | Matthias Matussek, Günter Rohrbach |
| Director of photography: | Carsten Thiele |
| Still photography: | Gordon A. Timpen |
| Lighting design: | Ole Ki Bun Wedemann |
| Set design: | Christian Eisele |
| Prop master: | Christoph Merg |
| Costume design: | Ingrid Bendzuk, Sabine Hehnen-Wild |
| Make-up artist: | Sabine Lidl, Sabine Hehnen-Wild |
| Editing: | Elena Bromund |
| Sound editor: | Andreas Musolff (Effekte) |
| Foley editor: | Philipp Sellier |
| Sound: | Elmar Wilms, Arno Wilms |
| Casting: | An Dorthe Braker |
| Music: | Niki Reiser |
| Cast: | |
| Ezra Valentin Lenz | Benny Krieger |
| Sebastian Blomberg | Marco Krieger |
| Maria Schrader | Melanie Krieger |
| Ulrich Noethen | Nico Ellermann |
| Marion Kracht | Marcos Assistentin Christa |
| Hanns Zischler | Dr. Beilenberg |
| Christiane Paul | Ilona |
| Elena Wilms | Sekretärin im Architekturbüro |
| Viktor Deiß | Dr. Schmidt |
| Christoph Bantzer | Jakob Eilermann |
| Production company: | X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Manuela Stehr |
| Line producer: | Marcos Kantis |
| Unit production manager: | Tom Ehrhardt |
| Shoot: | 01.07.2001-25.09.2001: Berlin und Umgebung |
| Original distributor: | X Verleih AG (Berlin) |
| Funding: | Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf) |
| Length: | 2835 m, 103 min |
| Format: | Digital Video - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:2,35 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby SRD |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.06.2002, 91038, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Kinostart (DE): 26.09.2002 |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Väter |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2835 m, 103 min |
| Format: | Digital Video - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:2,35 |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Dolby SRD |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.06.2002, 91038, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Kinostart (DE): 26.09.2002 |



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