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Je suis Karl

Deutschland Tschechien 2019-2021 Spielfilm

Somewhere in Berlin. But not just any time, this is here and now. A postman delivers a parcel and, soon afterwards, everything changes. A terrorist attack rocks a family to the core. Maxi – who loses her mother, her brothers and her home – tries to look forward, but is still deeply insecure. Nothing seems to work. Her father Alex is as traumatised as she is. The certainties of the past have been wiped out and the grief that comes with their loss obscures everything. Meeting another young person seems to help Maxi. Karl liberates her from her paralysis and urges her to conquer her fear. He has organised a meeting of European students who are looking for solutions to the catastrophic situation on the continent. The task he assigns Maxi could be the deciding factor in the success of a grand plan. By joining forces with Karl, Maxi is dancing on a knife edge: today in Berlin, tomorrow in Prague, soon in Strasbourg and eventually all over Europe. "Je suis Karl" – a political takeover.  

Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Christian Schwochow

Screenplay

  • Thomas Wendrich

Director of photography

  • Frank Lamm

Editing

  • Jens Klüber

Music

  • Tom Hodge
  • Floex
  • Max Rieger (Original Songs)

Cast

  • Luna Wedler
    Maxi Baier
  • Jannis Niewöhner
    Karl
  • Milan Peschel
    Alex Baier
  • Edin Hasanović
    Ante
  • Cédric Cavatore
    Kellner
  • Anna Fialová
    Jitka
  • Fleur Geffrier
    Odile Leconte
  • Aziz Dyab
    Yusuf
  • Laurence Gercke
    Garderobiere
  • Marlon Boess
    Pankraz

Production company

  • Pandora Film Produktion GmbH (Köln)

Producer

  • Christoph Friedel (Pandora Film Produktion GmbH)
  • Claudia Steffen (Pandora Film Produktion GmbH)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Christian Schwochow

Assistant director

  • Isabel Paul

Script supervisor

  • Barbara Krieger

Screenplay

  • Thomas Wendrich

Director of photography

  • Frank Lamm

Camera operator

  • Yoshua Berkowitz

Assistant camera

  • Christian Graf
  • Altan Özcan
  • Tobias Linsel

Colour grading

  • Felix Hüsken

Visual effects

  • Thomas Loeder

Still photography

  • Tom Trambow

Lighting design

  • Klaus Peter Venn
  • Sandra Derwenskus (Best Girl)

Key grip

  • Francisco Ochoa-Wagner

Production design

  • Tim Pannen

Art director

  • Irena Hradecká

Make-up artist

  • Astrid Weber
  • Hannah Fischleder

Costume design

  • Frauke Firl
  • Eugenia Giesbrecht (Assistenz)

Hairdresser

  • Astrid Weber
  • Hannah Fischleder

Editing

  • Jens Klüber

Assistant editor

  • Bianca Dienemann-Mehlitz

Sound

  • Rainer Heesch
  • Martin Jílek
  • Tobias Fleig
  • Jan Šulcek

Casting

  • Anja Dihrberg-Siebler

Music

  • Tom Hodge
  • Floex
  • Max Rieger (Original Songs)

Cast

  • Luna Wedler
    Maxi Baier
  • Jannis Niewöhner
    Karl
  • Milan Peschel
    Alex Baier
  • Edin Hasanović
    Ante
  • Cédric Cavatore
    Kellner
  • Anna Fialová
    Jitka
  • Fleur Geffrier
    Odile Leconte
  • Aziz Dyab
    Yusuf
  • Laurence Gercke
    Garderobiere
  • Marlon Boess
    Pankraz
  • Victor Boccard
    Didier
  • Ružica Hajdari
    Franziska Behring
  • Mélanie Fouché
    Inès Baier
  • Johann-Christof Laubisch
    Rapper "Yung H4T3" (Young Hate)
  • Elizaveta Maximová
    Isabel
  • Vanessa Loibl
    Mascha
  • Max Poerting
    Influencer
  • Therese Hämer
    Professor Kerstin Hegemann
  • Benjamin Westphal
    Koch
  • Katharina Rivilis
    Kathrin
  • Valery Tscheplanowa
    Schulleiterin Mosig

Production company

  • Pandora Film Produktion GmbH (Köln)

in co-production with

  • Negativ Film Productions (Prag)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Degeto Film GmbH (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer

  • Christoph Friedel (Pandora Film Produktion GmbH)
  • Claudia Steffen (Pandora Film Produktion GmbH)

Co-Producer

  • Pavel Strnad (Negativ Film Productions)
  • Kateřina Černá (Negativ Film Productions)

Producer (TV)

  • Andrea Hanke (WDR)
  • Claudia Grässel (Degeto)
  • Cooky Ziesche (RBB)
  • Andreas Schreitmüller (Arte)

Line producer

  • Fee Buck

Unit production manager

  • Sebastian Fröhlich

Location manager

  • Jan Beek
  • Paul Effertz (Motiv)
  • Kai Hülsmann (Set)

Original distributor

  • Pandora Film GmbH & Co. Verleih KG (Aschaffenburg)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Tschechischer Staatsfonds der Kinematografie (Prag)

Shoot

    • 25.09.2019 - 23.11.2019: Köln, Bochum, Düsseldorf und Prag
Duration:
126 min
Format:
DCP 2K, 1:2,39 (Cinemascope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.05.2021, 206283, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Berlinale Special, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 19.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Berlinale Special, Freiluftkino Friedrichshain;
Kinostart (DE): 16.09.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Je suis Karl

Versions

Original

Duration:
126 min
Format:
DCP 2K, 1:2,39 (Cinemascope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.05.2021, 206283, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021, IFF Berlin - Industry Event - Berlinale Special, VoD;
Uraufführung (DE): 19.06.2021, Berlin, IFF Summer Special - Berlinale Special, Freiluftkino Friedrichshain;
Kinostart (DE): 16.09.2021

Awards

Günter Rohrbach Filmpreis 2021
  • Preis des Saarländischen Rundfunks
FBW 2021
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/je-suis-karl_9850d29a8b3c4417b53fc4ebd8c64414