Schmitke
Julius Schmitke is a 57-year-old German wind turbine engineer. He feels ill and his body creaks, crunches and groans with age. One day, he is sent somewhere to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix one of his old models, a C 174 turbine that, mysteriously, will not stop creaking and squeaking, just like his own body does. But this is not the only mystery that awaits him. His colleague disappears, strange things happen, and Schmitke starts to "feel" the spirit of the forest around him. The more he wanders around the harsh and misty mountains, the more it surprises him that this entire expedition into the ominous and unknown jungle seems to be a return to old, familiar places within himself.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Ingenieur Julius Schmitke
- Thomas Gruber
- Julie
- Major Potužák
- Kryšpín
- Anne Schmitke
- Chef Günther Bernau
- Julinka
- Tante Inge
- Biker Mirek
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
based on
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Lighting design
Art director
Production design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Audio mixing
Music
Cast
- Ingenieur Julius Schmitke
- Thomas Gruber
- Julie
- Major Potužák
- Kryšpín
- Anne Schmitke
- Chef Günther Bernau
- Julinka
- Tante Inge
- Biker Mirek
- Journalistin
Production company
in co-production with
Co-Producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Original distributor
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.09.2015, 154133, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (KR): Oktober 2014, Busan, IFF;
Aufführung (DE): November 2014, Cottbus, FilmFestival;
Kinostart (DE): 05.11.2015
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Schmitke
- Arbeitstitel (DE) Julius Schmitke
- Weiterer Titel How Julius Schmitke Escaped Death Like a Clumsy Seal
- Arbeitstitel (CZ) Jak Julius Schmitke proklouznul smrti jako neobratný tulen
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.09.2015, 154133, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (KR): Oktober 2014, Busan, IFF;
Aufführung (DE): November 2014, Cottbus, FilmFestival;
Kinostart (DE): 05.11.2015
Awards
- FIPRESCI-Preis der deutschsprachigen Filmkritik
- Beste Musik- und Tongestaltung
- Bester Debütfilm