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Macho Man

Deutschland 2014/2015 Spielfilm

Daniel knows exactly what women want: Supreme self-confidence and rock-hard muscles – everything Daniel is not, because his hippie parents raised him to be a wuss and women's darling. But then, on vacation in Turkey, a miracle happens: Charming Aylin, with whom the whole resort is in love, takes a shine to him, of all people – the pansy, the softie intellectual. Bull's eye! Daniel is in seventh heaven, but back in Germany, he's confronted with cold, hard facts again. How can a sissy survive in a world of macho men? Only one thing to do: He takes a crash course in machismo by none other than Aylin's brother Cem. Some cool new threads, Turkish discos, laughing at dirty jokes and flirting with Aylin's cousins? No problem for Daniel, who's starting to enjoy his new role more and more. With his newly burnished manhood, he manages to score with Aylin's family, but with unintended effects on his better half…

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Christof Wahl

Screenplay

  • Roger Schmelzer
  • Moritz Netenjakob

Director of photography

  • Christof Wahl

Editing

  • Kai Schröter

Cast

  • Christian Ulmen
    Daniel Hagenberger
  • Aylin Tezel
    Aylin Denizoglu
  • Axel Stein
    Ulli
  • Samuel Finzi
    Rüdiger Kleinmüller
  • Dar Salim
    Cem Denizoglu
  • Nora Tschirner
    Tätowiererin
  • Inez Bjørg David
    Lysa
  • Vladimir Burlakov
    Karl
  • Mehmet Bozdogan
    Tunc
  • Gitta Schweighöfer
    Erika Hagenberger

Production company

  • Erfttal Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co KG (Siegburg)
  • Bavaria Pictures GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)
  • Conradfilm GmbH & Co KG (Köln)

Producer

  • Marc Conrad
  • Jan S. Kaiser
  • Klaus Dohle

Alle Credits

Director

  • Christof Wahl

Assistant director

  • Thomas Höret

Script supervisor

  • Anne Maschlanka

Screenplay

  • Roger Schmelzer
  • Moritz Netenjakob

based on

  • Moritz Netenjakob (Roman)

Translation

  • Alex Ross

Director of photography

  • Christof Wahl

Camera operator

  • David Hofmann
  • Heiko Wentorp
  • Marco Dreckmann

Still photography

  • Bernd Spauke

Lighting design

  • Frank Weber

Production design

  • Tom Hornig

Property master

  • Daniel Kolarov

Stand-by props

  • Jan Feil

Make-up artist

  • René Jordan
  • Dunja Pflugfelder

Costume design

  • Anne Jendritzko

Costumes

  • Stefanie Samsel

Editing

  • Kai Schröter

Sound

  • Michael Schlömer

Sound assistant

  • Bastian Büßer

Cast

  • Christian Ulmen
    Daniel Hagenberger
  • Aylin Tezel
    Aylin Denizoglu
  • Axel Stein
    Ulli
  • Samuel Finzi
    Rüdiger Kleinmüller
  • Dar Salim
    Cem Denizoglu
  • Nora Tschirner
    Tätowiererin
  • Inez Bjørg David
    Lysa
  • Vladimir Burlakov
    Karl
  • Mehmet Bozdogan
    Tunc
  • Gitta Schweighöfer
    Erika Hagenberger
  • Peter Prager
    Rigobert Hagenberger
  • Lilay Huser
    Frau Denizoglu
  • Vedat Erincin
    Herr Denizoglu
  • Hülya Duyar
    Tante Emine
  • Nisan Arikan
    Hatice
  • Lena Ehlers
    Kellnerin Linn
  • Alexandra Schalaudek
    Erika Hagenberger jung
  • Caroline Rapp
    Schwangere
  • Vassily Kazakos
    Griechischer Nachbar
  • Şahin Eryılmaz
    Türke im Club
  • Irfan Kars
    Kemal
  • Marylu-Saskia Poolman
    Marion
  • Erdal Yıldız
  • Lukas Podolski

Production company

  • Erfttal Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co KG (Siegburg)
  • Bavaria Pictures GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)
  • Conradfilm GmbH & Co KG (Köln)

Producer

  • Marc Conrad
  • Jan S. Kaiser
  • Klaus Dohle

Line producer

  • Gilbert Möhler

Unit production manager

  • Markus Brinkmann
  • Dirk Funke

Location manager

  • Caren Wiederhold
  • Ali-Reza Bahar (Motiv)
  • Stephan Bechem (Set)

Production coordinator

  • Caspar Heider

Original distributor

  • Universum Film GmbH (München)

Funding

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

Shoot

    • 23.09.2014 - 14.11.2014: Köln, Türkei
Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.09.2015, 153176, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 29.10.2015

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Macho Man

Versions

Original

Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.09.2015, 153176, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 29.10.2015

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