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Dear Courtney

Deutschland 2011/2012 Spielfilm

E, A, G, C – this is the signature riff of the song Paul Thomas wrote for Saskia, the most popular girl in school. Alas, she still ignores him like she did for years now. Nevertheless, the 17-year-old still believes in his composition and submits it to several international record companies. Maybe if he becomes a rock star, Saskia will finally be impressed. Yet a few months later, he makes a shocking discovery: His song for Saskia has been released as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the chart-busting album "Nevermind" by Nirvana. Paul Thomas feels betrayed and goes on an odyssey across Germany to confront Nirvana and their frontman Kurt Cobain, who are currently touring the country, with the copyright infringement. Not realizing that his new travel acquaintance Tolle might just be what he's been looking for all along, Paul Thomas becomes more and more furious until he sees only one possible option: to kidnap Kurt Cobain.

 

Credits

Director

  • Rolf Roring

Screenplay

  • Rolf Roring

Director of photography

  • Frank Meyer

Editing

  • Bernd Euscher

Music

  • Alexander Müll

Cast

  • Jonas Nay
    Paul Thomas
  • Sina Tkotsch
    Saskia
  • Lore Richter
    Tolle
  • Jochen Nickel
    Knochen
  • Oliver Bröcker
    Kalle
  • Fjodor Olev
    Michael Lohrmann
  • Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
    Peter Punk
  • Jürgen Rißmann
    Onkel Heinz
  • Mirco Kreibich
    Kurt C.
  • Dagny Dewath
    Pina

Production company

  • 2 Pilots Filmproduction GmbH (Köln)

Producer

  • Jörg Siepmann
  • Harry Flöter

Alle Credits

Director

  • Rolf Roring

Assistant director

  • Vanessa Ossa

Script supervisor

  • Nicole Sahsnowsky

Screenplay

  • Rolf Roring

Director of photography

  • Frank Meyer

Assistant camera

  • Felix Bessner

Visual effects

  • Roger Kleiber

Still photography

  • Martin Rottenkolber

Lighting design

  • Mathias Beier

Key grip

  • Michael Engel

Production design

  • Ina Timmerberg
  • Katarzyna Kornacka (Assistenz)

Stand-by props

  • Jasmin Dorpmanns

Make-up artist

  • Sophie Ilg
  • Christina Neuss

Costume design

  • Cindy Spiekermann

Editing

  • Bernd Euscher

Assistant editor

  • Jan Henrik Pusch

Sound design

  • Mirko Reinhard

Sound

  • Matthias Haeb

Sound assistant

  • Jörg Pakusch
  • Jonas Pauquet

Foley artist

  • Wilmont Schulze

Casting

  • Iris Baumüller-Michel

Music

  • Alexander Müll

Cast

  • Jonas Nay
    Paul Thomas
  • Sina Tkotsch
    Saskia
  • Lore Richter
    Tolle
  • Jochen Nickel
    Knochen
  • Oliver Bröcker
    Kalle
  • Fjodor Olev
    Michael Lohrmann
  • Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
    Peter Punk
  • Jürgen Rißmann
    Onkel Heinz
  • Mirco Kreibich
    Kurt C.
  • Dagny Dewath
    Pina
  • Sinan Akkus
    Dönerschmied
  • Julia Nelles
    Saskia jung
  • Lucien Le Rest
    Jan
  • Milton Welsh
    Alex
  • Joko Winterscheidt
    Martin
  • David Krstic
    Paul Thomas jung
  • Andreas Bittl
    Clubbesitzer
  • Enno Kalisch
    Hamburger Türsteher
  • Jasper Smets
    Junge
  • Gruschenka Stevens
    Mutter
  • Nadja Zwanziger
    Zimmermädchen

Production company

  • 2 Pilots Filmproduction GmbH (Köln)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Jörg Siepmann
  • Harry Flöter

Producer (TV)

  • Frank Tönsmann (WDR)

Unit production manager

  • Monika Kintner

Location manager

  • Sonja Fischer
  • Manuel Faber (Set)
  • Kai Siggelkow (Set)

Production assistant

  • Hanna Kaesemann

Original distributor

  • mindjazz pictures (Köln)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Media (Göttingen)

Shoot

    • 26.07.2011 - 31.08.2011: Hamburg
Duration:
92 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.09.2013, 140725/K, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 22.01.2013, Saarbrücken, Max Ophüls Preis - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 03.04.2014

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Dear Courtney
  • Untertitel (DE) Die (wahre) Geschichte von Smells like Teen Spirit

Versions

Original

Duration:
92 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.09.2013, 140725/K, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 22.01.2013, Saarbrücken, Max Ophüls Preis - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 03.04.2014

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/dear-courtney_acd9b79d26db2bb2e040007f01006964