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Franky Five Star

Deutschland Finnland 2021/2022 Spielfilm

Franky works at the beverage store, shares an apartment with her best friend Katja, and idolizes her unattainable neighbor. When she finds herself in awkward or uncomfortable situations, she takes the elevator and checks into a fantastical hotel that exists only in her mind. She shares this imaginative space with an eclectic group: Mrs. Franke, Ella, Lenny and Frank, all bursting with energy. They want to play, fall in love, save the world, or finally have sex. When Katja's new boyfriend, Hassim, nicknamed "Hasi," moves into their apartment, the four become unstoppable. At an opportune moment, the seductive Ella takes the elevator and makes a move on Hasi. Now Franky's life literally falls apart. She risks losing everything - her job, her home and her best friend. The chaos leads to a dramatic emergency at the imaginative hotel. A fairytale romantic comedy about the great search for oneself.

Credits

Director

  • Birgit Möller

Screenplay

  • Knut Mierswe

Director of photography

  • J-P Passi

Editing

  • Anna Kappelmann

Music

  • Oona Airola
  • Juhana Lehtimieni

Cast

  • Lena Urzendowsky
    Franky
  • Cino Djavid
    Hasi
  • Paul Pötsch
    Roman
  • Sven Hönig
    Frank
  • Sophie Killer
    Ella
  • Gerti Drassl
    Frau Franke
  • Meryem Ebru Öz
    Katja
  • Cito Andresen
    Lenni
  • Milena Dreißig
    Frankys Mutter
  • Sarah Hannemann
    Palma

Production company

  • achtung panda! (Berlin)

Producer

  • Jamila Wenske

Alle Credits

Director

  • Birgit Möller

Assistant director

  • Sven Kämmerer

Script supervisor

  • Kristina Gerasimova

Co-Autor

  • Birgit Möller

Screenplay

  • Knut Mierswe

Story

  • Birgit Möller

Script editor

  • Julia Willmann

Director of photography

  • J-P Passi

Assistant camera

  • Teemu Koivisto

Colour grading

  • Fabiana Cardalda

Still photography

  • Sami Kuokkannen

Titles / Opticals

  • Tristan Thönnissen

Lighting design

  • Adriano Grilli

Production design

  • Mona Otterbach
  • Juliane Wendt (Assistenz)
  • Johanna Gimpel (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Yvonne Leuze

Property master

  • Elard Lukaczik
  • Tatjana Knoll

Stand-by props

  • Martha Inés Brenner
  • Claudia Frank

Make-up artist

  • Monika Knauf
  • Lisa Hilpert

Costume design

  • Rebecca Moltenbrey
  • Christin-Marlen Freyler
  • Vera Bracklo (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Anna Kappelmann

Assistant editor

  • Martin Bomke

Sound design

  • Tilo Ehmann
  • Florian Kontny

Sound

  • Urs Krüger
  • Ingo Voelker

Sound assistant

  • Marc Dauen

Synch sound

  • Immo Trümpelmann

Foley artist

  • Markus Rebholz
  • Volker Armbruster

Audio mixing

  • Tobias Fleig

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Dori Horvath

Casting

  • Birgit Möller

Music

  • Oona Airola
  • Juhana Lehtimieni

Cast

  • Lena Urzendowsky
    Franky
  • Cino Djavid
    Hasi
  • Paul Pötsch
    Roman
  • Sven Hönig
    Frank
  • Sophie Killer
    Ella
  • Gerti Drassl
    Frau Franke
  • Meryem Ebru Öz
    Katja
  • Cito Andresen
    Lenni
  • Milena Dreißig
    Frankys Mutter
  • Sarah Hannemann
    Palma
  • Jascha Schütz
    Kollege
  • Christian Maximilian Neuhof
    Pascal
  • Alexander Swoboda
    Elektriker
  • Jarkko Lahti
    Harri

Production company

  • achtung panda! (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Aamu Film Company (Helsinki)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

in association with

  • Bewegte Bilder Medien GmbH (Tübingen)

Producer

  • Jamila Wenske

Co-Producer

  • Emilia Haukka
  • Jussi Rantamäki

Producer (TV)

  • Lucia Haslauer (ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Line producer

  • Melanie Blocksdorf

Location manager

  • Ina Hon
  • Melvyn Zeyns (Set)
  • Ronja Donsbach (Set)

Production assistant

  • Max Erb
  • Julia Thiel

Production coordinator

  • Elisabeth Köller

Post-production

  • Carsten Schuffert (Supervision)

Original distributor

  • JIP Film und Verleih (Frankfurt am Main)

Funding

  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)
  • nordmedia – Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH (Hannover/Bremen)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Finnish Film Foundation (Helsinki)

Shoot

    • 01.06.2021 - 30.07.2021: Freudenstadt, Bremen, Delmenhorst
Duration:
114 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.10.2023, 249283, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 22.09.2022, Leipzig, Filmkunstmesse;
Uraufführung (DE): 26.01.2023, Saarbrücken, Max Ophüls Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2023

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Franky Five Star

Versions

Original

Duration:
114 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.10.2023, 249283, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 22.09.2022, Leipzig, Filmkunstmesse;
Uraufführung (DE): 26.01.2023, Saarbrücken, Max Ophüls Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2023

Awards

Neiße Filmfestival 2023
  • Publikumspreis Spielfilm
Filmfest Bremen 2023
  • Lobende Erwähnung
Max Ophüls Preis 2023
  • Preis der Ökumenischen Jury
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