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Girl You Know It's True

Deutschland Frankreich 2022/2023 Spielfilm

In 1988, music producer Frank Farian recruits unknown dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan and turns them into the pop duo Milli Vanilli - with success: their first single, 'Girl You Know It's True', becomes a worldwide hit, followed by several others. In the USA alone, the duo topped the charts three times. In 1990, Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for their second album. What no one suspects at the time is that Rob and Fab never actually sang. They simply moved their lips to the vocals of others, danced and looked good doing it. But it's only a matter of time before the truth comes out. As the public turns on Pilatus and Morvan, the masterminds around Frank Farian are trying to quietly distance themselves from the situation.

Credits

Director

  • Simon Verhoeven

Screenplay

  • Simon Verhoeven

Director of photography

  • Jo Heim

Editing

  • Felix Schmerbeck
  • Alexander Berner
  • Elena Schmidt

Music

  • Segun Akinola

Cast

  • Tijan Njie
    Robert Pilatus
  • Elan Ben Ali
    Fabrice Morvan
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Frank Farian
  • Bella Dayne
    Ingrid "Milli" Segieth
  • Graham Rogers
    Todd Headlee
  • Stevonté Hart
    Kevin Liles
  • Ashley Dowds
    Benny Winkler
  • Michael Maertens
    Markus Klein
  • Tijan Marei
    Carmen Pilatus
  • Thomas Bading
    Karl Pilatus

Production company

  • LEONINE Studios (München)
  • Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion (München)

Producer

  • Max Wiedemann
  • Quirin Berg
  • Kirstin Winkler

Alle Credits

Director

  • Simon Verhoeven

Assistant director

  • David Preute
  • Ulrike Schürhoff
  • Daniel Irvin Bier
  • Sophia Kretschko

Script supervisor

  • Dirka Pfab (Script Supervisor)
  • Gabriella Gobber (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Simon Verhoeven

Director of photography

  • Jo Heim

Camera operator

  • Yoshua Berkowitz

Assistant camera

  • Robert Günther

Steadycam operator

  • Yoshua Berkowitz

Visual effects

  • Apollonia Hartmann
  • Juri Stanossek
  • Jan Burda

Still photography

  • Gordon A. Timpen

Lighting design

  • Christian Böck

Key grip

  • Jürgen Zarda
  • Kai Mischka Finnigan

Production design

  • Heike Lange
  • Gini Ganserich (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Alexandra Pilhatsch

Property master

  • Johannes Wild

Stand-by props

  • Johannes Wild

Make-up artist

  • Alisza Pfeifer
  • Christina Baier
  • René Jordan

Costume design

  • Ingken Benesch
  • Mawuena Mertz (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Felix Schmerbeck
  • Alexander Berner
  • Elena Schmidt

Sound editor

  • Christoph Merkele

Sound

  • Roman Schwartz
  • Angelo Hopfer
  • Jacob Ilgner

Sound assistant

  • Heiko Birkenstock
  • Simjon Spengler
  • Peter Brückelmaier
  • Angelo Hopfer
  • Marius Mertens
  • Simon Wolf

Audio mixing

  • Christoph Merkele

Choreographer

  • Mike Mayr

Casting

  • Daniela Tolkien (Deutschland)
  • John Papsidera (USA)
  • Kim Winther (USA)
  • Christa Schamberger-Young (Südafrika)
  • Mathilde Snodgrass (Frankreich)

Music

  • Segun Akinola

Source music

  • Frank Farian (Originalsongs "Milli Vanilli" und "Boney M")

Cast

  • Tijan Njie
    Robert Pilatus
  • Elan Ben Ali
    Fabrice Morvan
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Frank Farian
  • Bella Dayne
    Ingrid "Milli" Segieth
  • Graham Rogers
    Todd Headlee
  • Stevonté Hart
    Kevin Liles
  • Ashley Dowds
    Benny Winkler
  • Michael Maertens
    Markus Klein
  • Tijan Marei
    Carmen Pilatus
  • Thomas Bading
    Karl Pilatus
  • Ulrike Arnold
    Antonie Pilatus
  • David Mayonga
    Brad Howell
  • Samuel S. Franklin
    John Davis
  • Penelope Frego
    Stefania
  • Romeo Guy Da Silva
    Robert Pilatus (10-12 Jahre)
  • David Verhoeven
    Frank Farian (jung)
  • James Flynn
    Gary
  • Ben Felipe
    Georg 'Giorgio' Seybold
  • David Baalcke
    Konrad
  • Joshua Kantara
    Cjris
  • Nico Ehrenteit
    Michael (Formel 1 Producer)
  • Ikko Masuda
    Gio
  • Sebastian Kempf
    Kai
  • Cornell Adams
    Andrew Harrison
  • Ivy Quainoo
    Julie Brown
  • Roxanne Rittmann
    Emily
  • Lina Maruyama
    Regieassistentin
  • Mitsou Jung
    Melly
  • Bonita Lubliner
    Jodie Rocco
  • Lara Mandoki
    Nina
  • Eva Nürnberg
    Gloria
  • Natasha Loring
    Lisa
  • Darlene Tejeiro
    Denise Milian
  • David Chevers
    Tom Sacks
  • Thorsten Krohn
    Bauer Johann
  • Christian Swoboda
    Otto Graf
  • Cai Cohrs
    Georg 'Giorgio' Seybold (14 Jahre)
  • Carel Nel
    Security Guard George

Production company

  • LEONINE Studios (München)
  • Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion (München)

in co-production with

  • SevenPictures Film GmbH (Unterföhring)
  • Mediawan (Paris)
  • Sentana Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Max Wiedemann
  • Quirin Berg
  • Kirstin Winkler

Co-Producer

  • Fabrice Morvan
  • Stefan Gärtner
  • Frank Farian
  • Valérie Vleeschhouwer
  • Simon Verhoeven

Executive producer

  • Nicolas Chartier
  • Jonathan Deckter
  • Kevin Liles

Line producer

  • Daniel Mattig
  • David Vogt

Associate producer

  • Carmen Pilatus
  • Ingrid 'Milli' Segieth
  • Todd Headlee
  • John Davis
  • Brad Howell
  • Jasmin Davis
  • Laura Mihajlovic
  • Christian Wolff

Unit production manager

  • Jannis Stahnsdorf

Location manager

  • Korkut Akir
  • Thomas Jentsch
  • Florian Erhard (Motiv)
  • Dirk Eberling (Set)

Original distributor

  • LEONINE Distribution GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)
  • Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales (München)

Shoot

    • 06.04.2022 - 13.06.2022: München, Berlin, Kapstadt, Los Angeles
Duration:
124 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.10.2023, 249360, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 21.12.2023

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Girl You Know It's True

Versions

Original

Duration:
124 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.10.2023, 249360, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 21.12.2023

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2024
  • Lola, Bestes Maskenbild
  • Lola, Bestes Kostümbild
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2024
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Bester Film
FBW 2023
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/girl-you-know-its-true_45da346d013149a4bd8842248f2a3b1c