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Becks letzter Sommer

Deutschland 2014/2015 Spielfilm

Beck's Last Summer

When he was young, Robert Beck was sure that he would become a star musician one day. Yet things turned out quite differently. He never got his breakthrough, and instead he had to settle for a life as a music teacher. But then he discovers 17-year-old Rauli, a real musical prodigy: Not only is the young Latvian a marvelous guitar player, he is also a gifted singer and composer. Robert decides to get Rauli a shot at stardom and to help him to a record deal. Alas, his girlfriend Lara just now declares that she wants to study in Rome, and his best friend Charlie needs his company on a trip to Istanbul. Acing on an impulse, Beck takes his new protégé Rauli along for an eventful drive to Turkey.

 

Credits

Director

  • Frieder Wittich

Screenplay

  • Oliver Ziegenbalg
  • Frieder Wittich

Director of photography

  • Christian Rein

Editing

  • Marty Schenk

Music

  • Bonaparte (Berlin)
  • Tobias Jundt

Cast

  • Christian Ulmen
    Robert Beck
  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
    Rauli Kantas
  • Eugene Boateng
    Charlie Aguobe
  • Friederike Becht
    Lara
  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Holger Gersch
  • Lena Klenke
    Anna Lind
  • Boris Gaza
    Genadij Kantas
  • Ernst Stötzner
    Rektor Dieter Heym
  • Rainer Reiners
    Werner Berchthold
  • Hermann Beyer
    Hans Zankl

Production company

  • Claussen + Putz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Jakob Claussen
  • Uli Putz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Frieder Wittich

Assistant director

  • Christine Rogoll

Script supervisor

  • Silke Engelhardt

Screenplay

  • Oliver Ziegenbalg
  • Frieder Wittich

based on

  • Benedict Wells (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Christian Rein

Assistant camera

  • Yvonne Geiler
  • Oliver Leutnecker
  • Axel Stock

Steadycam operator

  • Stefan Sosna

Still photography

  • Oliver Vaccaro

Lighting design

  • Thorsten Kosellek

Key grip

  • Sebastian Dengler

Production design

  • Eva Stiebler

Set design

  • Cora Wimbauer

Property master

  • Inga Braun

Stand-by props

  • Denise Wissmann

Construction manager

  • Ralf Michallik

Make-up artist

  • Kitty Kratschke
  • Peter Bour

Costume design

  • Silke Faber

Costumes

  • Kirstin Luhmer

Editing

  • Marty Schenk

Sound

  • Ben Krüger

Sound assistant

  • Max Schmeling

Casting

  • Suse Marquardt

Music

  • Bonaparte (Berlin)
  • Tobias Jundt

Cast

  • Christian Ulmen
    Robert Beck
  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
    Rauli Kantas
  • Eugene Boateng
    Charlie Aguobe
  • Friederike Becht
    Lara
  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Holger Gersch
  • Lena Klenke
    Anna Lind
  • Boris Gaza
    Genadij Kantas
  • Ernst Stötzner
    Rektor Dieter Heym
  • Rainer Reiners
    Werner Berchthold
  • Hermann Beyer
    Hans Zankl
  • Sebastian Achilles
    Carsten
  • Lucas Reiber
    Andy
  • Nils Dörgeloh
    Unfallfahrer Grabowski

Production company

  • Claussen + Putz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

in co-production with

  • Senator Film Produktion GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)
  • Arri Film & TV (München)
  • B.A. Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Jakob Claussen
  • Uli Putz

Co-Producer

  • Helge Sasse
  • Solveig Fina
  • Franz Kraus
  • Antonio Exacoustos jr.

Executive producer

  • Jens Oberwetter

Line producer

  • Jens Oberwetter

Unit production manager

  • Peter Dittberner

Location manager

  • Gernot Sprenger
  • Anika Dombrowsky (Motiv)
  • Gisela Emberger (Set)

Original distributor

  • Wild Bunch Germany (München)
  • Senator Film Verleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

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

Shoot

    • 31.03.2014 - 05.06.2014: Berlin, Köln, Budapest, Bukarest, Istanbul
Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.04.2015, 151279, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.06.2015, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 23.07.2015

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Becks letzter Sommer

Versions

Original

Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.04.2015, 151279, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.06.2015, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 23.07.2015

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/becks-letzter-sommer_