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Der Eisbär

Deutschland 1998 Spielfilm

The Polar Bear
Four heroes, one story. Young Nico has an important contract: she is supposed to drive non-stop with a live bomb in her car boot to the destination, park the car there and run for her life...
Leo has carried out a contract that had, unfortunately, long been
cancelled and has now become the target of his clients... and Fabian and
Reza want to have lots of fun without any money... Nico stops briefly
to get some cigarettes... That comes at just the right time for Fabian
and Reza: they nick Nico′s car and race off into the night. Nico is
helpless: she will not survive this night if the car with the bomb
doesn′t reach its destination on time. When Nico and Leo meet at the
world′s ugliest place, in the pub "Pauls Eck", neither of them knows
that they have the same problem, nor that they are about to fall madly
in love with one another. Nico is pursued by her accomplices because
they think she is a traitor... Leo is being hunted by his
clients... Fabian and Reza are lumbered with the police... and all the
strands come together in front of "Pauls Eck".

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Til Schweiger

Screenplay

  • Granz Henman

Director of photography

  • Greg Littlewood

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Music

  • Henning Lohner
  • Klaus Badelt

Cast

  • Til Schweiger
    Leo
  • Karina Krawczyk
    Nico
  • Benno Fürmann
    Fabian
  • Florian Lukas
    Reza
  • Jürgen Tarrach
    Manni
  • Vladimir Weigl
    Thomas
  • Ralph Herforth
    1. Polizist
  • Ralf Richter
    2. Polizist
  • Thierry van Werveke
    Norbert
  • Robert Viktor Minich
    Boris

Production company

  • Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Ena Film GmbH (Pulheim)

Producer

  • Til Schweiger
  • Vesna Jovanoska

Alle Credits

Director

  • Til Schweiger

Co-Director

  • Granz Henman

Screenplay

  • Granz Henman

Director of photography

  • Greg Littlewood

Steadycam operator

  • Christof Wahl

Set design

  • Thomas Kuhn

Construction manager

  • Thomas Kuhn
  • Frank Noack

Make-up artist

  • Claudia Humburg
  • Henny Zimmer

Costume design

  • Heike Weber

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Foley editor

  • Lisa Geffken-Reinhard

Sound design

  • Stefan Busch

Sound

  • Peter Schuhmacher

Foley artist

  • Jo Fürst

Audio mixing

  • Michael Kranz

Stunts

  • Mac Steinmeier

Music

  • Henning Lohner
  • Klaus Badelt

Cast

  • Til Schweiger
    Leo
  • Karina Krawczyk
    Nico
  • Benno Fürmann
    Fabian
  • Florian Lukas
    Reza
  • Jürgen Tarrach
    Manni
  • Vladimir Weigl
    Thomas
  • Ralph Herforth
    1. Polizist
  • Ralf Richter
    2. Polizist
  • Thierry van Werveke
    Norbert
  • Robert Viktor Minich
    Boris
  • Heiner Lauterbach
    "Der Gesundheitsinspektor"
  • Katharina Thalbach
    Hilde
  • Tom Gerhardt
    American Diner-Manager
  • Peter Maffay
    "Die Ratte"
  • Nina Bagusat
    Kassiererin
  • Stephan Schleberger
    Koch
  • Leander Haußmann
    Stephan
  • August Schmölzer
    Heinz
  • Willi Thomczyk
    Alfred
  • Christof Wackernagel
    Fritz
  • Leonard Lansink
    Bar-Mann
  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Telefonstimme

Production company

  • Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Ena Film GmbH (Pulheim)

Producer

  • Til Schweiger
  • Vesna Jovanoska

Co-Producer

  • Til Schweiger
  • Thomas Zickler

Line producer

  • Frank Dragun

Associate producer

  • Alexander Berner

Unit production manager

  • Georg Kuch

Verleih

  • Constantin Film GmbH (München)

Funding

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

Shoot

    • 25.05.1998 - 02.07.1998: Köln und Umgebung, Belgien
Duration:
2478 m, 90 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.10.1998, 80810, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.11.1998, Köln, Cinedom;
Kinostart (DE): 12.11.1998;
Video-Einsatz (DE): 25.05.1999;
DVD-Einsatz (DE): 18.08.1999;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 04.08.2000, Premiere

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Der Eisbär

Versions

Original

Duration:
2478 m, 90 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.10.1998, 80810, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.11.1998, Köln, Cinedom;
Kinostart (DE): 12.11.1998;
Video-Einsatz (DE): 25.05.1999;
DVD-Einsatz (DE): 18.08.1999;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 04.08.2000, Premiere

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