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Toubab

Deutschland 2018-2020 Spielfilm

Freshly released from prison, Babtou is handcuffed again by law enforcement officers on the very evening of his welcome party, where everything goes thoroughly wrong. This time, however, the consequences could hardly be more drastic, because although he was born in Germany and his home is Frankfurt, Babtou is to be deported to Senegal. He only knows Senegal from his father's stories, and so Babtou and his buddy Dennis want to prevent the deportation at all costs - which only seems possible by entering into a marriage. As a macho man, however, Babtou has bad cards with the women in the neighborhood, so Dennis soon has to serve as a spouse instead. The word toubab, to which the name Babtou alludes, is a common term used for white Europeans in Central and West Africa. 
 

Credits

Director

  • Florian Dietrich

Screenplay

  • Florian Dietrich
  • Arne Dechow

Director of photography

  • Max Preiss

Editing

  • Florian Dietrich
  • Robert Kummer
  • Heike Parplies
  • Jörg Volkmar

Music

  • Jacob Vetter

Cast

  • Farba Dieng
    Babtou
  • Julius Nitschkoff
    Dennis
  • Valerie Koch
    Astrid Zeug
  • Michael Maertens
    Horst Ruppert
  • Seyneb Saleh
    Yara
  • Nina Gummich
    Manu
  • Uwe Preuss
    Siggi
  • Thelma Buabeng
    Anwältin
  • Paul Wollin
    Cengo
  • Burak Yiğit
    Semih

Production company

  • Schiwago Film GmbH (Berlin)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Producer

  • Marcos Kantis
  • Martin Lehwald
  • Marcos Kantis
  • Louise von Johnston
  • Martin Lehwald

Alle Credits

Director

  • Florian Dietrich

Screenplay

  • Florian Dietrich
  • Arne Dechow

Director of photography

  • Max Preiss

Production design

  • Theresia Anna Ficus

Make-up artist

  • Nicolay Lißner

Costume design

  • Svenja Gassen

Editing

  • Florian Dietrich
  • Robert Kummer
  • Heike Parplies
  • Jörg Volkmar

Sound

  • Julian Cropp

Audio mixing

  • Adrian Baumeister

Music

  • Jacob Vetter

Cast

  • Farba Dieng
    Babtou
  • Julius Nitschkoff
    Dennis
  • Valerie Koch
    Astrid Zeug
  • Michael Maertens
    Horst Ruppert
  • Seyneb Saleh
    Yara
  • Nina Gummich
    Manu
  • Uwe Preuss
    Siggi
  • Thelma Buabeng
    Anwältin
  • Paul Wollin
    Cengo
  • Burak Yiğit
    Semih
  • Ibrahima Sanogo
    Mamdu
  • Mehmet Ateşçi
    Habib
  • Gerdy Zint
    Simon
  • Julia Gräfner
    Janine
  • Kwam.E
    Sahadi
  • Tamer Arslan
    Paco
  • Christopher Vantis
    Matsch

Production company

  • Schiwago Film GmbH (Berlin)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer

  • Marcos Kantis
  • Martin Lehwald
  • Marcos Kantis
  • Martin Lehwald
  • Louise von Johnston

Producer (TV)

  • Jörg Schneider (ZDF)
  • Olaf Grunert (ZDF/Arte)
  • Barbara Häbe (Arte)

Line producer

  • Charles E. Breitkreuz

Unit production manager

  • Frank Zahl

Location manager

  • Stefan Karlegger

Original distributor

  • Camino Filmverleih (Stuttgart)

Funding

  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • HessenFilm und Medien (Frankfurt am Main)

Shoot

    • 03.07.2018 - 04.08.2018: Frankfurt/Main, Darmstadt und Umgebung, Dakar (Senegal)
Duration:
96 min
Format:
DCP, Cinemascope
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.01.2021, 203447, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 23.09.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Toubab
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Manche lernen's nie

Versions

Original

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

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.01.2021, 203447, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 23.09.2021

Awards

Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2022
  • Deutscher Schauspielpreis, Duo
  • Deutscher Schauspielpreis, Dramatische Nebenrolle
IFF Warschau 2021
  • Publikumspreis
New Faces Awards 2021
  • New Faces Award, Bester Debütfilm
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2021
  • Darstellerpreis
  • Publikumspreis
  • NDR-Regiepreis
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2021
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller
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