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Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabaß

Deutschland 1998/1999 Spielfilm

Three Chinamen with a Double-Bass

Paul, an upcoming architect, neurotic and still oppressed by his mother, has just landed an order together with his young colleague Rieke. He wants to party. But Paul′s girlfriend Gabi disagrees and they start quarrelling again. Nevertheless, Paul decides to go to a party together with Rieke and his best friend Max, a stoic and assistant doctor, to celebrate his success and dance his frustration away. And he drinks too much. Meanwhile Gabi meets her lover and boss Heribert. During their lovemaking, he loses his balance and Gabi breaks her neck. Heribert panics and vamooses unnoticed.

The next morning Paul can′t remember at all what happened the evening before. When he discovers Gabi′s dead body he believes that he has killed her himself while he was drunk and stoned. Max agrees. For Paul there′s just one way out: they have to get rid of the corpse.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Klaus Krämer

Screenplay

  • Klaus Krämer
  • Kaspar von Erffa

Director of photography

  • Ralph Netzer

Editing

  • Benjamin Hembus

Music

  • Torsten Sense

Cast

  • Boris Aljinović
    Paul
  • Jürgen Tarrach
    Max
  • Claudia Michelsen
    Rike
  • Anna Maria Ondra
    Gabi
  • Carola Regnier
    Cordula
  • Ilja Richter
    Heribert
  • Edgar Selge
    Rüdiger
  • Stephanie Klaus
    Gianna
  • Bernd Stegemann
    Hausmeister
  • Veronika Nickl
    Bärbel

Production company

  • NDF Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft mbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Hermann Florin

Alle Credits

Director

  • Klaus Krämer

Co-Director

  • Kaspar von Erffa

Assistant director

  • Suzanne Pradel

Screenplay

  • Klaus Krämer
  • Kaspar von Erffa

Script editor

  • Chris Kraus

Director of photography

  • Ralph Netzer

Assistant camera

  • Matthias Ganghofer

2nd Camera unit

  • Florian Hoffmeister

Set design

  • Peter Weber
  • Isabel Ott

Property master

  • David Hoffmann

Stand-by props

  • Vera Carstens

Make-up artist

  • Barbara Radke-Sieb

Costume design

  • Annemarie Laber

Editing

  • Benjamin Hembus

Assistant editor

  • Anja Rechenbach

Sound

  • Florian Niederleithinger

Sound assistant

  • Amy Öström

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Frank Haberland

Music

  • Torsten Sense

Cast

  • Boris Aljinović
    Paul
  • Jürgen Tarrach
    Max
  • Claudia Michelsen
    Rike
  • Anna Maria Ondra
    Gabi
  • Carola Regnier
    Cordula
  • Ilja Richter
    Heribert
  • Edgar Selge
    Rüdiger
  • Stephanie Klaus
    Gianna
  • Bernd Stegemann
    Hausmeister
  • Veronika Nickl
    Bärbel
  • Sabine Kaack
    Jutta
  • Severin von Erffa
    Joshua
  • Rainer Sellien
    Ingo
  • Susanne Hoss
    Bedienung
  • Yilzmaz Atmaca
    Dönerverkäufer
  • Ingrid von Bothmer
    Erika Dorelli
  • Thomas Schmidt
    1. Polizist
  • Dietmar Nieder
    2. Polizist
  • Andreas Herzog
    3. Polizist
  • Hanno Lentz
    4. Polizist

Production company

  • NDF Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft mbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Vox Film- und Fernseh GmbH & Co. KG (Köln)

in association with

  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb) (Berlin)

Producer

  • Hermann Florin

Producer (TV)

  • Beate Uhrmeister

Line producer

  • Jan S. Kaiser
  • Andreas Ch. Tönnessen (Assistenz)

Unit production manager

  • Lutz Wittke
  • Jörg Grossmann

Location manager

  • Ralf Biok

Post-production

  • Andreas Ch. Tönnessen (Koordination)

Original distributor

  • Jugendfilm-Verleih GmbH (Berlin)

Subsequent distributor

  • STUDIOCANAL GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film (Wiesbaden)

Shoot

    • 27.10.1998 - 11.12.1998: Berlin
Duration:
2405 m, 88 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.01.2000, 83848, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 16.03.2000;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 2002, Vox

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabaß

Versions

Original

Duration:
2405 m, 88 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.01.2000, 83848, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 16.03.2000;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 2002, Vox

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2000
  • Lola, Bester Nebendarsteller
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