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Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase

Deutschland 2020/2021 Spielfilm

It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny

Film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Maxim Leo and Jochen Gutsch. The successful writer Paul and the sought-after dubbing artist Emilia were what their friends considered an absolute dream couple: Harmonious, happy, successful, with three charming children named Bo, Marie and Fe. But now, in their late 40s, their relationship plunges into a crisis when Paul and Emilia realize that they belong to the 'older ones' - young are suddenly only the others. While Emilia has a one-night-stand with the younger Ruben and wants to take a break from her relationship in order to throw herself into life once again, Paul feels like a deer caught in the headlights. The peculiar advice of his friends Theo and Jonathan is of no help, and when his new book is rejected by the publisher as "hopeless", he threatens to fall into depression. Finally, he starts an affair with his daughter's young teacher, but even that doesn't lift his spirits. When Paul and Emilia run into each other at a friend's birthday party, things escalate.

Credits

Director

  • Florian Gallenberger

Screenplay

  • Malte Welding
  • Florian Gallenberger

Director of photography

  • Christian Rein

Editing

  • Sven Budelmann

Music

  • Enis Rotthoff

Cast

  • Christoph Maria Herbst
    Paul
  • Christiane Paul
    Emilia
  • Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
    Eva Schneiderhahn
  • Jürgen Vogel
    Theo
  • Bettina Lamprecht
    Magda
  • Nicola Perot
    Ruben Jacobs
  • Peter Jordan
    Jonathan
  • Barbara Philipp
    Heike
  • Emilia Nöth
    Fe
  • Bella Bading
    Marie

Production company

  • Majestic Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Benjamin Herrmann (Majestic Filmproduktion GmbH)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Florian Gallenberger

Assistant director

  • Lars Parlaska

Script supervisor

  • Barbara Krieger

Screenplay

  • Malte Welding
  • Florian Gallenberger

based on

  • Maxim Leo (Roman)
  • Jochen-Martin Gutsch (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Christian Rein

Assistant camera

  • Tord Erhard

Steadycam operator

  • Robert Patzelt

Still photography

  • Bernd Spauke
  • Walter Wehner
  • Wolfgang Ennenbach

Lighting design

  • Roman Breitwieser
  • Sandra Derwenskus (Best Girl)

Key grip

  • Kenneth Cornils

Production design

  • Ina Timmerberg
  • Dominik Schmitz (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Katja Schlömer

Property master

  • Andreas Eickhoff

Stand-by props

  • Katharina Witsch

Make-up artist

  • Christina Baier
  • Miriam Hübner

Costume design

  • Ute Paffendorf
  • Genoveva Kylburg

Editing

  • Sven Budelmann

Assistant editor

  • Bianca Dienemann-Mehlitz

Sound design

  • Christof Ebhardt

Sound

  • Andreas Wölki

Sound assistant

  • Georg Müller

Audio mixing

  • Christian Bischoff

Casting

  • Iris Baumüller-Michel
  • Jacqueline Rietz

Music

  • Enis Rotthoff

Cast

  • Christoph Maria Herbst
    Paul
  • Christiane Paul
    Emilia
  • Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
    Eva Schneiderhahn
  • Jürgen Vogel
    Theo
  • Bettina Lamprecht
    Magda
  • Nicola Perot
    Ruben Jacobs
  • Peter Jordan
    Jonathan
  • Barbara Philipp
    Heike
  • Emilia Nöth
    Fe
  • Bella Bading
    Marie
  • Wanja Kube
    Bo
  • Ulrich Tukur
    Güldenberg
  • Karen Dahmen
    Ärztin
  • Thomas Fehlen
    Gast
  • Amrei Haardt
    Zoey
  • Arnd Schimkat
    Johann
  • Cedric Sprick
    Aufgedrehter Typ
  • Frank Trunz
    Herr Kopischke
  • Karl Bruchhäuser
    Ramon
  • Cordula Stratmann

Production company

  • Majestic Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Degeto Film GmbH (Frankfurt am Main)

in association with

  • Viafilm GmbH & Co. KG (München)

Producer

  • Benjamin Herrmann (Majestic Filmproduktion GmbH)

Co-Producer

  • Christine Strobel (ARD Degeto Film)
  • Sebastian Lückel (ARD Degeto Film)
  • Claudia Grässel (ARD Degeto Film)

Executive producer

  • Benedikt Böllhoff (Viafilm GmbH & Co. KG)
  • Max Frauenknecht (Viafilm GmbH & Co. KG)

Line producer

  • Benedikt Böllhoff (Viafilm GmbH & Co. KG)
  • Max Frauenknecht (Viafilm GmbH & Co. KG)

Unit production manager

  • Sebastian Fröhlich

Location manager

  • Jan Beek
  • Philip Gritzka (Motiv)
  • Sven Rosenkranz (Set)

Original distributor

  • Majestic Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Creative Europe Desk Deutschland (Hamburg/Potsdam/München/Düsseldorf)

Shoot

    • 05.08.2020 - 25.09.2020: Köln, München und Umgebung
Duration:
105 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.07.2021, 207359, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 25.09.2021, Zürich, Film Festival;
Kinostart (DE): 14.10.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) It's Just a Phase Honey

Versions

Original

Duration:
105 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.07.2021, 207359, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 25.09.2021, Zürich, Film Festival;
Kinostart (DE): 14.10.2021

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/es-ist-nur-eine-phase-hase_5a9fd55e0c3544ef8a49b3a3d733c7d5