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What a Man

Deutschland USA 2010/2011 Spielfilm

Directorial debut of actor Matthias Schweighöfer, who also stars as Alex, a young teacher, who has just been dumped by his girlfriend – seemingly because he isn′t "manly" enough for her. Consequently, Alex begins a personal quest in order to find out what really makes a man a man. He is helped by his best female friend, the chaotic Nele, and his buddy Okke, a loveable macho who gives Alex unique lessons in manliness. But during the course of his absurd training Alex starts to realize that he doesn′t need to be another man, but instead must find a partner willing to accept him for who he really is.

 

557.922 (Stand: August 2011)
Quelle: FFA

Credits

Director

  • Matthias Schweighöfer

Screenplay

  • Doron Wisotzky
  • Matthias Schweighöfer

Director of photography

  • Bernhard Jasper

Editing

  • Olivia Retzer
  • Hans Horn

Music

  • Peter Horn
  • Andrej Melita

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Alexander
  • Sibel Kekilli
    Nele
  • Elyas M'Barek
    Okke
  • Mavie Hörbiger
    Carolin
  • Milan Peschel
    Volker
  • Thomas Kretschmann
    Jens
  • Lilay Huser
    Okkes Oma
  • Nora Jokhosha
    Laura
  • Theresa Underberg
    Stine
  • Joel Federico Laczlò Wüstenberg
    Schüler

Production company

  • Pantaleon Entertainment GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Marco Beckmann
  • Dan Maag
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
  • Gabriela Bacher

Alle Credits

Director

  • Matthias Schweighöfer

Co-Director

  • Torsten Künstler

Assistant director

  • Torsten Künstler
  • Lisa Hauss
  • Natalie Beer

Script supervisor

  • Simone Wiest

Screenplay

  • Doron Wisotzky
  • Matthias Schweighöfer

Director of photography

  • Bernhard Jasper

Assistant camera

  • Snezana Anastasijevic

2nd Camera unit

  • Nikolaus Summerer

Steadycam operator

  • Matthias Wallinger

Colour grading

  • Rosali Jung
  • Natalie Maximova

Visual effects

  • Bernhard Näther

Still photography

  • Tom Trambow

Lighting design

  • Matthias Reisser

Gaffer

  • Markus Bleier

Key grip

  • Hagen Raeder

Production design

  • Bertram Strauß

Art director

  • Oliver Koch

Property master

  • Michael Summ

Stand-by props

  • Tino Lemke

Make-up artist

  • Charlotte Chang
  • Sarah Micucci

Costume design

  • Katharina Schnelting

Editing

  • Olivia Retzer
  • Hans Horn

Assistant editor

  • Britta Kastern

Sound editor

  • Sebastian Tesch (Geräusche)

Sound

  • Michael Busch

Sound assistant

  • Jörg Kaiser

Audio mixing

  • Florian Beck
  • Daniel Weis (Geräusche)

Casting

  • Emrah Ertem

Music

  • Peter Horn
  • Andrej Melita

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Alexander
  • Sibel Kekilli
    Nele
  • Elyas M'Barek
    Okke
  • Mavie Hörbiger
    Carolin
  • Milan Peschel
    Volker
  • Thomas Kretschmann
    Jens
  • Lilay Huser
    Okkes Oma
  • Nora Jokhosha
    Laura
  • Theresa Underberg
    Stine
  • Joel Federico Laczlò Wüstenberg
    Schüler
  • Gitta Schweighöfer
    Frau Schlupp
  • Friedrich Mücke
    Arzt
  • Katharina Schüttler
    Frau am Flugschalter
  • Pasquale Aleardi
    Etienne
  • Nora Tschirner
    Junge Frau im Pandakostüm
  • Vedat Erincin
    Okkes Vater
  • Paul Alhäuser
  • Andreas Nowak

Production company

  • Pantaleon Entertainment GmbH (Berlin)

in association with

  • Fox International Productions (US)

Producer

  • Marco Beckmann
  • Dan Maag
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
  • Gabriela Bacher

Unit production manager

  • Hannah Lea Maag

Location manager

  • Jacek Gluszko

Production manager

  • Mareile Thies

Original distributor

  • Twentieth Century Fox of Germany GmbH (Frankfurt am Main)

Funding

  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Hessen Invest Film (Frankfurt am Main)

Shoot

    • 21.09.2010 - 11.11.2010: Frankfurt am Main
Duration:
2587 m, 94 min
Format:
35mm, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2011, 128533, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 25.08.2011

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) What a Man

Versions

Original

Duration:
2587 m, 94 min
Format:
35mm, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2011, 128533, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 25.08.2011

Awards

Jupiter Award 2012
  • Jupiter, Bester Film National
Hessischer Filmpreis 2011
  • Sonderpreis der Jury
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