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Stille Nacht

Deutschland Schweiz 1995/1996 Spielfilm

Silent Night

Dusk is falling. It is the beginning of Christmas Eve. Julia, an art student in her late twenties, is at home by herself. She has been living together with the policeman Christian for several years. However, their relationship seems to be under threat after Julia fell in love with Frank, an attractive barman. Christian, who finds it difficult to put up with this situation, escapes for the holiday period to his parents. Julia, by herself for the first time, decides that she will end her affair with Frank this evening. Frank, on the other hand, considers Christmas Eve a good time to finally confess his love to Julia.

It is against this background that Christian starts a macabre game in a night that will plumb the blackest depths of the human soul. To put Julia under emotional pressure, he feigns a bad car accident on the phone. Frank exposes his lie. Hurt to the quick, Julia does an about-turn. She wants to take revenge on Christian. While talking on the phone with him, she makes love to Frank. The three protagonists fight within their own private microcosm for pleasure and life and, over the course of one night, undertake an erotic adventure far beyond the pain threshold.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Dani Levy

Screenplay

  • Maria Schrader
  • Klaus Chatten

Director of photography

  • Carl-F. Koschnick

Editing

  • Dani Levy

Music

  • Niki Reiser

Cast

  • Maria Schrader
    Julia
  • Jürgen Vogel
    Frank
  • Mark Schlichter
    Christian
  • Ingrid Caven
    Sängerin
  • Maurice Lamy
    Page
  • Adisat Semenitsch
    Katja
  • Jenny Lau
    Mädchen mit Trompete
  • Ubi Ferguson
    2. Page
  • Alexander Alexandrow
    Orchestermusiker
  • Stoyan Maltschew
    Orchestermusiker

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)
  • Fool Film (Berlin)
  • Fama-Film AG (Bern)

Producer

  • Stefan Arndt
  • Dani Levy
  • Rolf Schmid

Alle Credits

Director

  • Dani Levy

Assistant director

  • Arndt Wiegering
  • Elke Weber-Moore

Script supervisor

  • Nancy Rivas

Screenplay

  • Maria Schrader
  • Klaus Chatten

Co-author

  • Dani Levy
  • Maria Schrader

Director of photography

  • Carl-F. Koschnick

Assistant camera

  • Sönke Hansen
  • Dierk Fechner

Clapper loader

  • Eeva Fleig

2nd Camera unit

  • Frank Griebe
  • Jan Hartmann (Assistenz)

Steadycam operator

  • Michael Bartlett
  • Axel Fischer (Assistenz)

Still photography

  • Axel Fischer

Lighting design

  • Ali Olcay Gözkaya

Camera (other)

  • Christine Fenzl (Video)

Set design

  • Monika Bauert

Property master

  • Siegfried Dehmel

Stand-by props

  • Henrik Gross
  • Ingo Dathe (Assistenz)

Construction manager

  • Michael Müller

Make-up artist

  • Sabine Lidl

Costume design

  • Ingrid Bendzuk

Costumes

  • Constanze Donath

Editing

  • Dani Levy

Assistant editor

  • Ingeborg Suhr
  • Anne Klintschok
  • Antje Zynga
  • Kirsten Lenk

Video editing

  • Götz Filenius (AVID-Technik)

Sound editor

  • Dominik Bollen (Dialoge)

Foley editor

  • Oswald Schwander

Sound design

  • Michael Bard

Sound

  • Raoul Grass

Sound assistant

  • Frank Tenge

Foley artist

  • Hugo Gries
  • Wolfgang Staab (Geräusch-Aufnahme)
  • Matt Meyer (Geräusch-Überwachung)

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer

Music

  • Niki Reiser

Cast

  • Maria Schrader
    Julia
  • Jürgen Vogel
    Frank
  • Mark Schlichter
    Christian
  • Ingrid Caven
    Sängerin
  • Maurice Lamy
    Page
  • Adisat Semenitsch
    Katja
  • Jenny Lau
    Mädchen mit Trompete
  • Ubi Ferguson
    2. Page
  • Alexander Alexandrow
    Orchestermusiker
  • Stoyan Maltschew
    Orchestermusiker
  • Dimiter Kovatschef
    Orchestermusiker
  • Gerd Wameling
    Gast
  • Katharina Thalbach
    Gast
  • Inga Busch
    Gast
  • Nina Franoszek
    Fernsehansagerin
  • Dale
    Baby
  • Hawk
    Hund

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)
  • Fool Film (Berlin)
  • Fama-Film AG (Bern)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Schweizer Fernsehen für die deutsche und rätoromanische Schweiz (SF DRS) (Zürich)
  • Teleclub AG (Zürich)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Producer

  • Stefan Arndt
  • Dani Levy
  • Rolf Schmid

Producer (TV)

  • Gebhard Henke
  • Andreas Schreitmüller
  • Martin Schmassmann

Line producer

  • Marianne Slot Nielsen (Paris)

Unit production manager

  • Jens Meyer

Location manager

  • Robert Geisler

Production assistant

  • Wonying Hsü
  • Lara Aref-Omar

Production coordinator

  • Jens-Peter Johannsen

Post-production

  • Maria Knöpf (Post-Production-Überwachung)

Production manager

  • Doris Krüger

Original distributor

  • Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Potsdam)

Shoot

    • 27.01.1995 - 10.03.1995: Paris, Berlin, Potsdam
Duration:
2383 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.02.1996, 74797, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.1996, Berlin, IFF;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 28.04.1997, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE CH) Stille Nacht
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Stille Nacht - Ein Fest der Liebe

Versions

Original

Duration:
2383 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.02.1996, 74797, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.1996, Berlin, IFF;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 28.04.1997, Arte

Awards

Bayerischer Filmpreis 1997
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Beste Musik
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Beste Kamera
IFF Berlin 1996
  • Lobende Erwähnung (Alfred-Bauer-Preis)
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