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Härte

Deutschland 2014/2015 Dokumentarfilm mit Spielhandlung

Tough Love

When karate champ Andreas Marquardt thinks about himself he feels nothing but bitterness: "I refused to feel anything. I was cold, like a block of ice, I couldn't give a shit about anything." When he was two years old, his father poured water over him and put him outside on the balcony in sub-zero temperatures. Another time he crushed his hand. When he was six, his mother began to seduce him: "Your prick belongs to me, my little friend." Later, Andreas became a pimp and earned millions – until he wound up behind bars. Lovely Marion was the only one who stood by him, who went on the game for him, and gave him the courage to go on…

Interspersing interviews with dramatized scenes from Andreas Marquardt's biography, Rosa von Praunheim describes a life that veers from fear and humiliation to contempt, hatred and brutality. Filmed in stylized sets replete with photographic wallpaper that recall West Berlin décor at the time, the film provides a shocking insight into the deep wounds caused by domestic violence and one man’s desperate attempts at resistance. Is it possible to break out of such a vicious circle? And how does Andreas Marquardt cope with these experiences today?

Source: 65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Screenplay

  • Nico Woche
  • Jürgen Lemke
  • Rosa von Praunheim

Director of photography

  • Nicolai Zörn
  • Elfi Mikesch

Editing

  • Mike Shephard

Music

  • Andreas Wolter

Cast

  • Hanno Koffler
    Andy
  • Luise Heyer
    Marion
  • Katy Karrenbauer
    Mutter
  • Rüdiger Götze
    Opa
  • Ilse Bendin
    Oma

Production company

  • Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion (Berlin)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Assistant director

  • Marian Dorbic

Screenplay

  • Nico Woche
  • Jürgen Lemke
  • Rosa von Praunheim

based on

  • Andreas Marquardt (Buch: HÄRTE - Mein Weg aus dem Teufelkreis der Gewalt)

Director of photography

  • Nicolai Zörn
  • Elfi Mikesch

Lighting design

  • Frank Helzel
  • Werner Bielicke
  • Sabine Lehmann-Dorn

Production design

  • Marcus Lachmann
  • Dragan Denda
  • Kim Scharnitzky
  • Ivana Vukovic

Make-up artist

  • Beatrice Mendelin

Costume design

  • Ingrid Buhrmann

Editing

  • Mike Shephard

Sound

  • Thomas Schrader
  • Timo Kahlenberg

Audio mixing

  • Christian Wilmes

Music

  • Andreas Wolter

Cast

  • Hanno Koffler
    Andy
  • Luise Heyer
    Marion
  • Katy Karrenbauer
    Mutter
  • Rüdiger Götze
    Opa
  • Ilse Bendin
    Oma

Participation

  • Andreas Marquardt
  • Marion Erdmann

Production company

  • Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer (TV)

  • Götz Schmedes (WDR)
  • Cooky Ziesche (RBB)
  • Jens Stubenrauch (RBB)
  • Barbara Häbe (Arte)

Post-production

  • Mike Shephard

Original distributor

  • missingFILMs (Berlin)

Funding

  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)

Shoot

    • 15.06.2014 - 26.07.2014
Duration:
89 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.04.2015, 150574, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 06.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 23.04.2015

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Härte

Versions

Original

Duration:
89 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.04.2015, 150574, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 06.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 23.04.2015

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/harte_