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Grüße vom Mars

Deutschland 2023/2024 Spielfilm

Greetings From Mars 

Tom, 10, is different from other kids. He avoids change, dislikes the color red, and finds loud noises overwhelming. His passion lies in space exploration, often putting on his astronaut suit. When his mom unexpectedly travels to China, Tom stays with his siblings Nina (15) and Elmar (13) at Grandma and Grandpa‘s in Lunau for six weeks. To cope, his mom gives him a logbook, framing the visit as a trial Mars mission.

"If you can handle Grandma and Grandpa," his mother assures him, "you can definitely do Mars." Tom dreams of being the first to fly to Mars, and together with his siblings as his crew, he explores the planet ‘Lunau’ and tries to understand Grandma and Grandpa, who live by their own rules.

The film is a touching comedy about an outsider‘s ambitious goals, where his uniqueness becomes his strength, bridging two generations initially as alien as beings from different planets.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Sarah Winkenstette

Screenplay

  • Thomas Möller
  • Sebastian Grusnick

Director of photography

  • Jakob Berger

Editing

  • Nicole Kortlüke

Cast

  • Theo Kretschmer
    Tom
  • Lilli Lacher
    Nina
  • Anton Noltensmeier
    Elmar
  • Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Hanna
  • Michael Wittenborn
    Horst
  • Eva Löbau
    Vera
  • Jona Volkmann
    Nick
  • Luk Slomka
    Marco
  • Gisa Flake
    Polizistin Jenny
  • Kailas Mahadevan
    Polizist Lutz

Production company

  • Leitwolf Filmproduktion GmbH (Bremen)

Producer

  • Sven Rudat
  • Anette Unger

Alle Credits

Director

  • Sarah Winkenstette

Assistant director

  • Malte Grosche

Script supervisor

  • Valerie Prause (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Thomas Möller
  • Sebastian Grusnick

based on

  • Sebastian Grusnick (Roman "Grüße vom Mars - Notlandung bei Oma und Opa")
  • Thomas Möller (Roman "Grüße vom Mars - Notlandung bei Oma und Opa")

Director of photography

  • Jakob Berger

Assistant camera

  • Torben Maede
  • Carolin Biedermann

Colour grading

  • Fridolin Körner

Still photography

  • Nicolas Maack

Lighting design

  • Thies Lehmann

Key grip

  • Andreas Frey
  • Carsten Henkst

Production design

  • Susanna Haneder
  • Stefanie Walter (Assistenz)
  • Lucretia Rodrigo (Assistenz)

Property master

  • Louise Pokutta
  • Marie-Charlotte Elbers (Assistenz)
  • Michelle Pelka (Assistenz)

Stand-by props

  • Lucy Schulz (Assistenz)
  • Maximilian Kiehn (Assistenz)

Make-up artist

  • Nicole Masztalerz
  • Antonia Petschow

Costume design

  • Petra Kilian
  • Antje Terp-Janiesch (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Nicole Kortlüke

Assistant editor

  • Nils Radtke

Sound design

  • Anders Wasserfall

Sound

  • Christoph Köpf

Sound assistant

  • Patrick Dadaczýnski

Audio mixing

  • Anders Wasserfall

Casting

  • Marion Haack

Cast

  • Theo Kretschmer
    Tom
  • Lilli Lacher
    Nina
  • Anton Noltensmeier
    Elmar
  • Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Hanna
  • Michael Wittenborn
    Horst
  • Eva Löbau
    Vera
  • Jona Volkmann
    Nick
  • Luk Slomka
    Marco
  • Gisa Flake
    Polizistin Jenny
  • Kailas Mahadevan
    Polizist Lutz
  • Lennox Schubert
    Veith
  • Cem-Ali Gültekin
    Lehrer

Production company

  • Leitwolf Filmproduktion GmbH (Bremen)

in co-production with

  • Kinescope Film GmbH (Bremen)

in association with

  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Hamburg)
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Kinderkanal (KI.KA) (Erfurt)

Producer

  • Sven Rudat
  • Anette Unger

Producer (TV)

  • Holger Hermesmeyer (NDR)
  • Patricia Vasapollo (HR)
  • Stefan Pfäffle (KiKA)

Unit production manager

  • Sandra Böttger

Location manager

  • Ingo Stroot
  • Robert Seemann (Motiv)
  • Eric Schwarz (Set)

Production assistant

  • Annelie Hamann

Original distributor

  • farbfilm verleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • MOIN Filmförderung (Hamburg)
  • nordmedia – Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH (Hannover/Bremen)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 18.07.2023 - 30.08.2023: Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein
Duration:
85 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.07.2024, 258222, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (NO): April 2024, Kristiansand, International Children's Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): Juni 2024, Erfurt, Goldener Spatz - Deutsches Kinder-Medienfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 08.05.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Grüße vom Mars
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Greetings From Mars

Versions

Original

Duration:
85 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.07.2024, 258222, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (NO): April 2024, Kristiansand, International Children's Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): Juni 2024, Erfurt, Goldener Spatz - Deutsches Kinder-Medienfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 08.05.2025

Awards

Filmkunstfest MV 2025
  • Leo-Preis, Kinder- und Jugendfilm Wettbewerb
Cinepänz - Junges Filmfestival 2024
  • Publikumspreis
  • Preis der Jury Kids, Bester Film
Goldener Spatz - Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival 2024
  • Goldener Spatz, Bester Darsteller
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/grusse-vom-mars_59c24d1c9c0c46acb200f8399c646c3c