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Sophia, der Tod und ich

Deutschland 2022/2023 Spielfilm

Sophia, Death and Me

Based on musician Thees Uhlmann’s bestselling novel, actor Charly Hübner’s fiction feature debut as director is an insane, funny, touching and moving story about everything that really counts in life. Following a restless night, Reiner hears the doorbell ring. Morten de Sarg, who is in fact Reiner’s death personified, doesn’t get to dispatch him as the doorbell rings again. This time, it’s Sophia who has arranged to meet her ex-boyfriend for his mother Lore‘s birthday. Together, they set off on a journey that eventually leads them to Reiner‘s seven-year-old son Johnny whom he hasn‘t seen for ages… and all of this is being closely monitored by God and Archangel Michaela.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Charly Hübner

Screenplay

  • Lena May Graf
  • Nils Beckmann
  • Wenka von Mikulicz

Director of photography

  • Martin Farkas

Editing

  • Eva Schnare
  • Justus Bergen (Assistenz)

Music

  • Steiner & Madlaina (Zürich) (Filmsongs + Score)
  • Jörg Gollasch (Score)

Cast

  • Dimitrij Schaad
    Reiner
  • Anna Maria Mühe
    Sophia
  • Marc Hosemann
    Morten de Sarg
  • Johanna Gastdorf
    Lore
  • Matteo Kanngiesser
    Johnny
  • Josef Ostendorf
    Gott
  • Lina Beckmann
    Erzengel Michaela
  • Gina Haller
    Katharina
  • Andrea Guo
    Isabel
  • Eva Weißenborn
    Frau Weill

Production company

  • DCM Pictures (Berlin)

Producer

  • Sonja Schmitt
  • Christoph Daniel
  • Marc Schmidheiny

Alle Credits

Director

  • Charly Hübner

Assistant director

  • Tanja Däberitz

Script supervisor

  • Laura Ritter (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Lena May Graf
  • Nils Beckmann
  • Wenka von Mikulicz

based on

  • Thees Uhlmann (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Martin Farkas

Camera operator

  • Alex Traumann

Assistant camera

  • Annika Speidel

Steadycam operator

  • Alex Traumann

Colour grading

  • Stephan Kuch

Still photography

  • Niklas Marc Heinecke
  • Mike Krüger
  • Stephan Rabold

Lighting design

  • Philipp Rambow

Key grip

  • Christian Scheibe
  • Sebastian Mayer (Assistenz)

Production design

  • Dorle Bahlburg
  • Moritz Lenz (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Sanne Siegel

Property master

  • Anna Strohmeier

Stand-by props

  • Franziska Neisener

Make-up artist

  • Marika Knappe (Chefmaskenbildnerin)
  • Elise Tillmann
  • Milena Britschgi

Costume design

  • Ulé Barcelos
  • Helene Wenschuh (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Eva Schnare
  • Justus Bergen (Assistenz)

Sound design

  • Dominik Schleier

Synch sound

  • Antje Reichmann

Foley artist

  • Felix Kratzer

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer
  • Dominik Schleier

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Ronnie Paul

Casting

  • Anja Dihrberg-Siebler

Music

  • Steiner & Madlaina (Zürich) (Filmsongs + Score)
  • Jörg Gollasch (Score)

Music (other)

  • Charlotte Goltermann (Supervision)

Cast

  • Dimitrij Schaad
    Reiner
  • Anna Maria Mühe
    Sophia
  • Marc Hosemann
    Morten de Sarg
  • Johanna Gastdorf
    Lore
  • Matteo Kanngiesser
    Johnny
  • Josef Ostendorf
    Gott
  • Lina Beckmann
    Erzengel Michaela
  • Gina Haller
    Katharina
  • Andrea Guo
    Isabel
  • Eva Weißenborn
    Frau Weill
  • Alina Valerie Weinert
    Hanna
  • Nikolaus Okonkwo
    Richard
  • Carlo Ljubek
    Morck Mortus
  • Rocko Schamoni
    Nachbar Tiedemann
  • Charly Hübner
    Wirt Hubert

Production company

  • DCM Pictures (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Bucket GmbH (DE)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

Producer

  • Sonja Schmitt
  • Christoph Daniel
  • Marc Schmidheiny

Co-Producer

  • Kirstin Wille
  • Detlev Buck
  • Dario Suter
  • Joel Brandeis

Producer (TV)

  • Solveig Cornelisen (ZDF)

Line producer

  • Jan Brandt

Unit production manager

  • Michael Belitz

Location manager

  • Julia Klusendick
  • Jan Zigulla (Motiv)
  • Noelle Kempkes (Motiv)
  • Robin Nickel (Motiv)
  • Denis Küper (Set)

Production assistant

  • Siri Stattelmann

Production coordinator

  • Astrid Schütz
  • Anna Brückner

Original distributor

  • DCM Film Distribution GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • MOIN Filmförderung (Hamburg)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (MDM) (Leipzig)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 15.03.2022 - 02.05.2022: Berlin, Schlaubetal (Brandenburg), Hamburg, Berchtesgadener Land (bei München)
Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 06.02.2023, 238393, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 27.08.2023, Starnberg, Fünf Seen Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 31.08.2023

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Sophia, der Tod und ich
  • Schreibvariante (DE) Sophia, der Tod & ich
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Sophia, Death and me

Versions

Original

Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 06.02.2023, 238393, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 27.08.2023, Starnberg, Fünf Seen Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 31.08.2023

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/sophia-der-tod-und-ich_1f46e8e51b6b4c08a5023952056af315