Mission Ulja Funk
"I have a deal for you: You drive me to an appointment and I do your homework for two weeks." - "No deals with bright sparks."
A children's service at a chapel in the German heartland. Though even the weirdest presentations are met with applause, Ulja's astronomy lecture gets cut off. But the 12-year-old future scientist has just discovered her first asteroid! Unwilling to reconcile divine providence and science, Ulja's Russia German grandmother unceremoniously disposes of her granddaughter’s technical equipment. An angry Ulja sets out with schoolmate Henk in the family’s hearse for Belarus, where her asteroid is supposed to impact soon. A quirky chase begins, with colourful stops along the way which highlight long-smouldering conflicts and make them appear in a new light. On their winding journey, moralisers are exposed as hypocrites and divided families, friends, lovers and nations are reunited.
Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Ulja Funk
- Henk von Kindermann
- Oma Olga
- Pastor Brotz
- Irina Funk
- Evgenji Funk
- Nelly Brotz
- Jana Schlegel
- Waldemar Schulz
- Jolanta Schlegel
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Camera operator
Assistant camera
Gaffer
Key grip
Production design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Music
Cast
- Ulja Funk
- Henk von Kindermann
- Oma Olga
- Pastor Brotz
- Irina Funk
- Evgenji Funk
- Nelly Brotz
- Jana Schlegel
- Waldemar Schulz
- Jolanta Schlegel
- Wanja Funk
- Sascha Funk
- Andreas Brotz
- Johanna Schlegel
- Detlev von Kindermann
- TV-Reporterin
- Barbara von Kindermann
- Marta
- Schwester Margarete
- Grenzbeamtin
- Professor Ainaar Kirsipuu
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 22.10.2019 - 24.01.2020: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Thüringen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen, Luxemburg, Polen
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.07.2021, 207416, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Generation Kplus, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 09.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Generation Kplus, Neue Bühne Hasenheide;
Kinostart (DE): 12.01.2023
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Mission Ulja Funk
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.07.2021, 207416, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Generation Kplus, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 09.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Generation Kplus, Neue Bühne Hasenheide;
Kinostart (DE): 12.01.2023
Awards
- Lola, Bester Kinderfilm
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
- Gilde Filmpreis, Bester Kinderfilm
- One-Future-Preis - Lobende Erwähnung
- Kinder-Medien-Preis "Der weiße Elefant", Beste Nachwuchsdarstellerin
- Goldener Spatz, Langfilm