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Das Morphus-Geheimnis

Deutschland Schweiz 2008 Spielfilm

Mystery of Morphus
What happens when all of a sudden everyone else falls asleep and you are the only one who stays awake? This is what ten-year-old Nicki involuntarily experiences when the last composition called Morphus by the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven accidentally ends up in his schoolbag. The melody holds magic powers because everybody who listens to it falls asleep. Only a few people know about this secret, like the gangsters Max and Kwapisch.

 

On a trip with his dad into the snowy mountains, the gangsters follow them to steal the Morphus score. They want to use the magic force of the music for their racketeering. For the shy boy this is the start of a turbulent adventure. After arriving at the hotel Nicki learns about the magic powers of the melody when he starts to play it on his trumpet. He experiences that suddenly everyone around him falls asleep, except for Max and Kwapisch. Now he is completely alone and has to face the attacks and intrigues of the two gangsters. He has to fight for the Morphus score to save himself, his dad and everyone else from the evil doings of the villains. In this difficult situation, he makes substantial progress and changes from an anxious child into a self-confident boy.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Karola Hattop

Screenplay

  • Andrzej Maleszka

Director of photography

  • Sebastian Richter

Editing

  • Karola Mittelstädt

Music

  • Eike Hosenfeld
  • Moritz Denis

Cast

  • Jonas Hämmerle
    Nicki
  • Michael Roll
    Nickis Vater
  • Oliver Korittke
    Gauner Max
  • Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
    Gauner Kwapisch
  • Charlotte Crome
    Nickis Mutter
  • Magalie Greif
    Marta
  • Nadine Schori
    Hotelmanagerin
  • Wiebke Kayser
    Martas Mutter
  • Christian Wewerka
    Notar
  • Sammy Scheuritzel

Production company

  • Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Jürgen Haase
  • Thomas Teubner

Alle Credits

Director

  • Karola Hattop

Assistant director

  • Marlies Butzlaff

Screenplay

  • Andrzej Maleszka

Director of photography

  • Sebastian Richter

Assistant camera

  • Kerstin Pommerenke
  • Jan Lehmann

Still photography

  • Anngret Plehn
  • Christoph Assmann

Gaffer

  • Michael Terhorst

Key grip

  • Lutz Baschin

Production design

  • Nicole Heidel
  • Melanie Raab (Assistenz)

Prop master

  • Frank Knüttel

Property master

  • Cora Geissler

Make-up artist

  • Wolfgang Böge
  • Bea John

Costume design

  • Ingrid Weiss

Editing

  • Karola Mittelstädt

Sound

  • Ralf Herrmann

Foley artist

  • Peter Deininger

Audio mixing

  • Julian Müller-Scherz

Special effects

  • Dirk Lange

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Piet Paes

Casting

  • Britt Beyer

Music

  • Eike Hosenfeld
  • Moritz Denis

Cast

  • Jonas Hämmerle
    Nicki
  • Michael Roll
    Nickis Vater
  • Oliver Korittke
    Gauner Max
  • Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
    Gauner Kwapisch
  • Charlotte Crome
    Nickis Mutter
  • Magalie Greif
    Marta
  • Nadine Schori
    Hotelmanagerin
  • Wiebke Kayser
    Martas Mutter
  • Christian Wewerka
    Notar
  • Sammy Scheuritzel
  • Rahul Chakraborty
    Kellner

Production company

  • Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam)
  • Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (Leipzig)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)
  • Langfilm AG (Zürich)

in association with

  • Teleclub AG (Zürich)

Producer

  • Jürgen Haase
  • Thomas Teubner

Co-Producer

  • Bernard Lang

Producer (TV)

  • Sabine Preuschhof
  • Karl-Heinz Staamann
  • Friederike Euler

Line producer

  • Wolfgang Plehn

Unit production manager

  • Jutta Paarmann

Location manager

  • Ines Frederich
  • Caroline Blüher

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
Duration:
2528 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2008, 115415, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.09.2008, Frankfurt am Main, LUCAS Kinderfilmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 18.02.2009

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE CH) Das Morphus-Geheimnis
  • Weiterer Titel (DE CH) Morphus

Versions

Original

Duration:
2528 m, 92 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2008, 115415, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.09.2008, Frankfurt am Main, LUCAS Kinderfilmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 18.02.2009

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/das-morphus-geheimnis_55f20056f6c8c1d7e040007f01006121