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Meine schöne Bescherung

Deutschland 2007 Spielfilm

Sara and Jan are happily married and have four children altogether – three from Sara′s earlier relationships and one from Jan′s first marriage. For Christmas, of all things, Sara decides to invite her former husbands and Jan′s ex-wife together with their respective new partners and children. Jan is anything but delighted about this "Christmas surprise". With good reason, as we soon find out. It does not take long until the gibes and jealousies of the highly dissimilar guests are threatening to turn Christmas Eve into a complete chaos.

 

Credits

Director

  • Vanessa Jopp

Screenplay

  • Monica Rolfner

Director of photography

  • Hans Fromm

Editing

  • Brigitta Tauchner

Music

  • Loy Wesselburg

Cast

  • Martina Gedeck
    Sara
  • Heino Ferch
    Jan
  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Rita
  • Meret Becker
    Pauline
  • Rainer Sellien
    Erich
  • Roeland Wiesnekker
    Andi
  • Rosa Enskat
    Eva
  • Andreas Windhuis
    Gunnar
  • Matthias Matschke
    Thomas
  • Ursula Doll
    Anne

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Köln)

Producer

  • Manuela Stehr

Alle Credits

Director

  • Vanessa Jopp

Assistant director

  • Barbara Miersch

Script supervisor

  • Jan Birka

Screenplay

  • Monica Rolfner

Adaptation

  • Eva Callenbo
  • Harald Hamrell
  • Richard Reitinger (Bearbeitung)

Director of photography

  • Hans Fromm

Assistant camera

  • Rolf Rosendahl

Still photography

  • Tom Trambow
  • Stephan Rabold

Titles / Opticals

  • Darius Ghanai
  • Lena Dickmann (Maintitle)

Lighting design

  • Christoph Dehmel-Osterloh

Set design

  • Peter Menne (Szenenbild)

Property master

  • Peter Bolewski
  • Stefanie Granitza

Stand-by props

  • Sandra Münchenbach

Make-up artist

  • Monika Münnich
  • Gerhard Zeiss
  • Katharina Erfmann
  • Parul Banerjee

Costume design

  • Guido Maria Kretschmer

Editing

  • Brigitta Tauchner

Sound design

  • Eckhard Blach
  • Martin Grube

Sound

  • Kai Lüde

Sound assistant

  • Frank Regente
  • Till Röllinghoff

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer

Casting

  • Simone Bär

Music

  • Loy Wesselburg

Cast

  • Martina Gedeck
    Sara
  • Heino Ferch
    Jan
  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Rita
  • Meret Becker
    Pauline
  • Rainer Sellien
    Erich
  • Roeland Wiesnekker
    Andi
  • Rosa Enskat
    Eva
  • Andreas Windhuis
    Gunnar
  • Matthias Matschke
    Thomas
  • Ursula Doll
    Anne
  • Alexandra Neldel
    Isabell
  • Petra Kelling
    Inge
  • Feo Aladag
    Helena
  • Bjarne Mädel
    Max
  • Eva Löbau
    Carina
  • Guido Maria Kretschmer
    Bernd
  • Paula Knüpling
    Liselotte
  • Carl Hemprich
    Richard
  • Antonia Felgner
    Johanna
  • Lea Müller
    Emilie
  • Alexander Türk
    Daniel
  • Günther Kaufmann
    Busfahrer

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Köln)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

in association with

  • Arte France Cinéma (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
  • Label Télé (Paris)
  • Filmlance International AB (Stockholm)

Producer

  • Manuela Stehr

Producer (TV)

  • Barbara Buhl
  • Andreas Schreitmüller (Arte)

Line producer

  • Ulli Neumann
  • Thomas Eirich-Schneider (Assistenz)

Associate producer

  • François Tron
  • Jürgen Fabritius
  • Börje Hanson

Unit production manager

  • Miki Emmrich

Location manager

  • Thorne Mutert

Post-production

  • Andreas Dobers

Original distributor

  • X Verleih AG (Berlin)

Funding

  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 28.03.2007 - 10.05.2007: Berlin, Köln
Duration:
92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 25.10.2007, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 22.11.2007;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 10.12.2009, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Meine schöne Bescherung

Versions

Original

Duration:
92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 25.10.2007, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 22.11.2007;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 10.12.2009, Arte

Awards

Bayerischer Filmpreis 2008
  • Beste Darstellerin
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