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Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen

Deutschland 2021/2022 Spielfilm

We Are Next of Kin

Film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same name by Johann Scheerer, in which he describes the kidnapping of his father Jan Philipp Reemtsma in 1996 from the perspective of his relatives. For the then 13-year-old Johann, everything changed one morning that year. The kidnapping of his father hits the teenager like a blow. Between shock, fear and panic, he witnesses for 33 days how the police transform his home into a high-tech operations center. The lawyer Schwenn, an old family friend, and Christian Schneider, another friend of the parents with whom Johann gets along particularly well, become confidants and supports. But one money transfer after another fails; at the same time, the father writes Johann and his mother desperate letters. Soon it becomes clear to the family that they must go against the police strategy if they want to save Jan Philipp Reemtsma's life.

Credits

Director

  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Screenplay

  • Michael Gutmann
  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Director of photography

  • Julian Krubasik

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich

Music

  • The Notwist

Cast

  • Claude Albert Heinrich
    Johann Scheerer
  • Adina Vetter
    Ann Kathrin Scheerer
  • Justus von Dohnányi
    Johann Schwenn
  • Hans Löw
    Christian Schneider
  • Yorck Dippe
    Vera
  • Enno Trebs
    Nickel
  • Philipp Hauß
    Jan Philipp Reemtsma
  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Rainer Osthoff
  • Caspar Hoffmann
    Tobias
  • Ingmar Grapenbrade
    Zivilpolizist

Production company

  • 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Britta Knöller
  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Alle Credits

Director

  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Assistant director

  • Levke Palm

Script supervisor

  • Rene Bemmann

Screenplay

  • Michael Gutmann
  • Hans-Christian Schmid

based on

  • Johann Scheerer (Roman)

Script editor

  • Juliane A. Ahrens

Director of photography

  • Julian Krubasik

Camera operator

  • Lotta Kilian

Assistant camera

  • Jonas Wache
  • Felix Laicher
  • Frederik Tegethoff

Colour grading

  • Alexander Suer

Lighting design

  • Lisa Maria Müller

Production design

  • Zazie Knepper
  • Claudia Fard-Yazdani (Assistenz)

Property master

  • Steffi Lehmkul

Stand-by props

  • Stephanie Moldrings

Make-up artist

  • Pia Karlotta Paprzik
  • Stefanie Gredig
  • Friederike Harder (Zusatz)

Costume design

  • Christian Röhrs

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich

Sound design

  • Jan Petzold

Sound

  • Patrick Veigel

Sound assistant

  • Hans-Jörg Bramm

Audio mixing

  • Gregor Bonse

Casting

  • Suse Marquardt
  • Jacqueline Rietz
  • Maren Friedrich

Music

  • The Notwist

Cast

  • Claude Albert Heinrich
    Johann Scheerer
  • Adina Vetter
    Ann Kathrin Scheerer
  • Justus von Dohnányi
    Johann Schwenn
  • Hans Löw
    Christian Schneider
  • Yorck Dippe
    Vera
  • Enno Trebs
    Nickel
  • Philipp Hauß
    Jan Philipp Reemtsma
  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Rainer Osthoff
  • Caspar Hoffmann
    Tobias
  • Ingmar Grapenbrade
    Zivilpolizist
  • Oskar Lampen
    Kai
  • Patrizia Elisabeth Scherer
    Anke Hansen
  • Rabea Wyrwich
    Büromitarbeiterin
  • Theresa Berlage
    Claudia Brockmann
  • Uwe Zerwer
    Professor Clausen

Production company

  • 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Hamburg)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer

  • Britta Knöller
  • Hans-Christian Schmid

Producer (TV)

  • Christian Granderath (NDR)
  • Sabine Holtgreve (NDR)
  • Claudia Simionescu (BR)
  • Andreas Schreitmüller (Arte)
  • Claudia Tronnier (Arte)

Unit production manager

  • Dorissa Berninger

Location manager

  • Robert Seemann (Motiv)
  • Sven Rosenkranz (Set)

Original distributor

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

Funding

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

Shoot

    • 08.03.2021 - 20.05.2021: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Duration:
118 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.03.2022, 212458, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.09.2022, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 03.11.2022

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) We Are Next Of Kin

Versions

Original

Duration:
118 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.03.2022, 212458, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 29.09.2022, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 03.11.2022

Awards

FBW 2022
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/wir-sind-dann-wohl-die-angehorigen_c9d6376d158b420581d26955546fb557