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Ein Hologramm für den König

USA Deutschland Frankreich Schweiz Mexiko 2014-2016 Spielfilm

A Hologram for the King

As a result of the banking crisis, the company of Alan Clay, an American man in his fifties, is about to go bankrupt. As a last resort, the old-fashioned businessman accepts the offer of an aspiring IT company, to go on a job to Saudi Arabia. There, in the middle of the desert, a business metropolis named 'King Abdullah Economic City' is about to be built. Clay's mission is to use this opportunity to present an innovative holographic communication technology to the king. But once Clay arrives, it becomes uncertain whether the king will receive him at all. This uncertainty, as well as the enormous heat and the dusty climate, is tugging at Clay's nerves. In addition, the shoddy building site of the pompously announced retort city does not look very promising. During the days of waiting, Clay befriends his personal driver. Through him he gets to know the Arab country in unexpected, equally fascinating and confusing ways.

 

Credits

Director

  • Tom Tykwer

Screenplay

  • Tom Tykwer

Director of photography

  • Frank Griebe

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Music

  • Johnny Klimek
  • Tom Tykwer

Cast

  • Tom Hanks
    Alan Clay
  • Alexander Black
    Yousef
  • Sarita Choudhury
    Dr. Zahra Hakem
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen
    Hanne
  • Tom Skerritt
    Ron Clay
  • Ben Whishaw
    Dave
  • Khalid Laith
    Karim Al-Ahmad
  • Megan Maczko
    Rachel
  • David Menkin
    Brad
  • Christy Meyer
    Cayley

Production company

  • Playtone (Los Angeles)
  • Primeridian (Beverly Hills)
  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Uwe Schott
  • Stefan Arndt
  • Arcadiy Golubovich
  • Tim O'Hair
  • Gary Goetzman

Alle Credits

Director

  • Tom Tykwer

Script supervisor

  • Caroline Veyssière

Screenplay

  • Tom Tykwer

based on

  • Dave Eggers (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Frank Griebe

Visual effects

  • Robert Pinnow
  • Dominik Trimborn

Still photography

  • Frédéric Batier
  • Sifeddine El Amine
  • Tom Trambow
  • Helmut Prein

Production design

  • Uli Hanisch

Make-up artist

  • Heike Merker
  • Daniel Parker

Costume design

  • Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Sound design

  • Frank Kruse

Sound

  • Roland Winke

Audio mixing

  • Matthias Lempert

Casting

  • Michelle Guish
  • Avy Kaufmann
  • Gaby Kester

Music

  • Johnny Klimek
  • Tom Tykwer

Cast

  • Tom Hanks
    Alan Clay
  • Alexander Black
    Yousef
  • Sarita Choudhury
    Dr. Zahra Hakem
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen
    Hanne
  • Tom Skerritt
    Ron Clay
  • Ben Whishaw
    Dave
  • Khalid Laith
    Karim Al-Ahmad
  • Megan Maczko
    Rachel
  • David Menkin
    Brad
  • Christy Meyer
    Cayley
  • Rolf Saxon
    Joe Trivoli
  • Amira El Sayed
    Maha
  • Rahul Chakraborty
    Housekeeper
  • Michael Ihnow
    Alans Kollege
  • Michael Baral
    Junger Ron
  • Ian T. Dickinson
    Party Man
  • Tracey Fairaway

Production company

  • Playtone (Los Angeles)
  • Primeridian (Beverly Hills)
  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Vingt Deux Heures Vingt Deux (Paris)
  • WS Film (DE US)

in association with

  • Silver Reel (Zürich)
  • Fabrica de Cine (Mexico-Stadt)
  • Lotus Entertainment (Los Angeles)

Producer

  • Uwe Schott
  • Stefan Arndt
  • Arcadiy Golubovich
  • Tim O'Hair
  • Gary Goetzman

Co-Producer

  • Léonard Glowinski

Executive producer

  • Steven Shareshian (Playtone)
  • Gaston Pavlovich (Fábrica de Cine)
  • Claudia Bluemhuber (Silver Reel)
  • Irene Gall (Silver Reel)
  • Gero Bauknecht (Silver Reel)
  • Jim Seibel (Lotus Entertainment)
  • Bill Johnson (Lotus Entertainment)
  • Shervin Pishevar
  • Dave Eggers

Line producer

  • Marcus Loges

Unit production manager

  • Miki Emmrich

Original distributor

  • X Verleih AG (Berlin)

Funding

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

Shoot

    • März 2014 - 05.06.2014: Marokko, Westsahara, Berlin, Brandenbug, Dschidda, Saudi Arabien
Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.03.2016, 158467, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 20.04.2016, New York, Tribeca Film Festival;
Kinostart (DE): 28.04.2016

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Ein Hologramm für den König
  • Weiterer Titel (US) A Hologram for the King

Versions

Original

Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.03.2016, 158467, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 20.04.2016, New York, Tribeca Film Festival;
Kinostart (DE): 28.04.2016

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2016
  • Lola, Beste Tongestaltung
  • Lola, Bester Schnitt
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