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Alter und Schönheit

Deutschland 2007/2008 Spielfilm

Age and Beauty

It′s been forever since the four friends have seen each other. Manni is very ill and his last wish brings them together again: the friends are to find Rosi, the former "queen" of their clique and the love of Manni′s life – he wants to beg her pardon. Once the men are reunited a long lost feeling of being alive begins to reawaken in them. They zoom around in Manni′s Ferrari and strike camp in his comfortable bungalow until they succeed in getting the couple together again. But this turns out to be more difficult than they had expected, for Manni′s proud ex-lover is a woman full of surprises …

In this relaxed atmosphere the distance between the men and Rosi soon dissolves. They pass the time at Manni′s pool and listen to old records. Gradually a lot of things begin to dawn on them: Bernie has somehow lost his love for his wife and job, Justus senses that work isn′t all that life has to offer, and Harry has to cope with the fact that his wife and his lover have both left him at the same time – per text message, on the same day.

Writer/director Michael Klier brings the top German actors of the "adult" generation together to reflect, with subtle humour, on love, work and the meaning of life. It seems here that men today only grow up when they reach their fifties …

Source: 59. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Michael Klier

Screenplay

  • Michael Klier

Director of photography

  • Sophie Maintigneux

Editing

  • Katja Dringenberg

Music

  • Laurent Petitgand

Cast

  • Henry Hübchen
    Harry
  • Burghart Klaußner
    Justus
  • Armin Rohde
    Bernhard
  • Sibylle Canonica
    Rosi
  • Peter Lohmeyer
    Manni
  • Friederike Wagner
    Britt
  • Maria Gundolf
    Lo
  • Agnieszka Piwowarska
    Krankenschwester
  • Cristin König
    Ärztin
  • Imogen Kogge
    Hella

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Stefan Arndt

Alle Credits

Director

  • Michael Klier

Assistant director

  • Ires Jung

Script supervisor

  • Frédéric Moriette

Screenplay

  • Michael Klier

Director of photography

  • Sophie Maintigneux

Assistant camera

  • Daniel Erb

Still photography

  • Nadja Klier

Titles / Opticals

  • Lena Dickmann

Lighting design

  • Sven Meyer

Set design

  • Birgit Kniep-Gentis (Szenenbild)
  • Verena Popp (Szenenbild)

Property master

  • Ingo von Heland

Stand-by props

  • Matthias Walitza

Make-up artist

  • Heiko Schmidt
  • Barbara Ratke-Sieb

Costume design

  • Birgitt Kilian

Editing

  • Katja Dringenberg

Assistant editor

  • Heike Gnida

Sound design

  • Kai Tebbel

Sound

  • Hermann Ebling

Audio mixing

  • Matthias Lempert

Casting

  • Sigrid Emmerich

Music

  • Laurent Petitgand

Cast

  • Henry Hübchen
    Harry
  • Burghart Klaußner
    Justus
  • Armin Rohde
    Bernhard
  • Sibylle Canonica
    Rosi
  • Peter Lohmeyer
    Manni
  • Friederike Wagner
    Britt
  • Maria Gundolf
    Lo
  • Agnieszka Piwowarska
    Krankenschwester
  • Cristin König
    Ärztin
  • Imogen Kogge
    Hella

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

in association with

  • Arte G.E.I.E. (Straßburg)
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam)

Producer

  • Stefan Arndt

Producer (TV)

  • Anke Krause (Westdeutscher Rundfunk [WDR])
  • Andreas Schreitmüller (Arte)

Line producer

  • Ulli Neumann

Unit production manager

  • Robert Geisler

Location manager

  • Sabina Doerr
  • Levke Palm

Production manager

  • Mareile Thies

Original distributor

  • X Verleih AG (Berlin)

Funding

  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 23.07.2007 - 30.08.2007: Berlin
Duration:
2656 m, 97 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.07.2008, 114802, ohnew Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 24.10.2008, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 08.01.2009

Titles

Additional titles
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Ferrari 49
  • Originaltitel (DE) Alter und Schönheit

Versions

Original

Duration:
2656 m, 97 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.07.2008, 114802, ohnew Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 24.10.2008, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 08.01.2009

Awards

FBW 2008
  • Prädikat: Besonders wertvoll
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