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Das Leben der Wünsche

Deutschland 2024/2025 Spielfilm

Felix is caught in both a personal and professional crisis: his wife Bianca wants to separate, his relationship with his children is falling apart, and even his physical appearance—marked by increasing hair loss—troubles him deeply. After losing his job, he encounters a mysterious stranger who offers him three wishes. Felix opts for one all-encompassing wish: that all his wishes should come true. At first, his dreams of career success, family harmony, and physical transformation are fulfilled. But soon, repressed and unconscious desires begin to surface, pulling him into a downward spiral of longing and self-doubt. 

Credits

Director

  • Erik Schmitt

Screenplay

  • Erik Schmitt
  • Friedemann Karig

Director of photography

  • Johannes Louis

Editing

  • Ana de Mier y Ortuño

Music

  • Enis Rotthoff

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Felix Niemann
  • Luise Heyer
    Bianca
  • Verena Altenberger
    Paula
  • Benno Fürmann
    Gideon
  • Ruby O. Fee
    Jill
  • Roman Kanonik
    Werner
  • Jan Lennart Krauter
    Ludwig
  • Henry Hübchen
    Kipling
  • Luise Landau
    Alma
  • Anton Landau
    Tom

Production company

  • Pantaleon Films GmbH (München)
  • ProU Producers United Film GmbH (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Dan Maag
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
  • Elena Erbenich (Creative Producer)
  • Willi Geike
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Marco Beckmann

Alle Credits

Director

  • Erik Schmitt

Script supervisor

  • Carina Mazur (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Erik Schmitt
  • Friedemann Karig

based on

  • Thomas Glavinic (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Johannes Louis

Assistant camera

  • Dominik Bodammer

Colour grading

  • Martin Szafranek

Visual effects

  • Dennis Rettkowski (Supervision)

Still photography

  • Lars Nitschke

Lighting design

  • Benjamin Erdenberger
  • Roman Breitwieser

Key grip

  • Jérôme Lauer

Production design

  • Tim Pannen
  • Julie Warwel (Assistenz)
  • Laura Groß (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Julia Roeske

Property master

  • Alina Krengel
  • Susanne Steim (Assistenz)

Stand-by props

  • David Thummerer
  • Hanna Klumpp (Assistenz)

Make-up artist

  • Sylvia Grave
  • Emilia Grund
  • Katharina Thieme
  • Tanja Lipka (Zusatz)
  • Franziska Röder (Zusatz)
  • Alla Leonova (Zusatz)
  • Rosa Singhofen (Zusatz)
  • Lyubov Yatsyuk (Zusatz)

Costume design

  • Regina Tiedeken
  • Navina Dembczyk (Assistenz)
  • Maria Müller-Donges (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Ana de Mier y Ortuño

Assistant editor

  • Rene Bernbeck

Dubbing editor

  • Laura Plock

Sound design

  • Paul Rischer

Sound

  • Dominik Leube

Sound assistant

  • Daniel Hallhuber
  • Felix Kaufmann
  • Sebastian Riegel

Audio mixing

  • Christoph Merkele

Casting

  • Lisa Stutzky

Music

  • Enis Rotthoff

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Felix Niemann
  • Luise Heyer
    Bianca
  • Verena Altenberger
    Paula
  • Benno Fürmann
    Gideon
  • Ruby O. Fee
    Jill
  • Roman Kanonik
    Werner
  • Jan Lennart Krauter
    Ludwig
  • Henry Hübchen
    Kipling
  • Luise Landau
    Alma
  • Anton Landau
    Tom
  • Amira Ghazalla
    Dr. Erika Schmitt
  • Prince Kuhlmann
    Schmidtke
  • Die Huepsche
    Zya Thies
  • Tom Böttcher
    Barista Matthäus
  • Hyun Wanner
    Boardchef Oasis
  • Nils Nadolny
    Felix (jung)
  • Anna Amalie Blomeyer
    Party Petra
  • Désirée Angersbach
    Isabella Knieper
  • Aaron Otto
    Tobias Aarhaus
  • Marlene-Sophie Haagen
    Eva

Voice

  • Folke Renken

Production company

  • Pantaleon Films GmbH (München)
  • ProU Producers United Film GmbH (Hamburg)

in co-production with

  • SevenPictures Film GmbH (Unterföhring)
  • ACS Filmproduktion (DE)
  • RCS Film (DE)

Producer

  • Dan Maag
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
  • Willi Geike
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Marco Beckmann
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Elena Erbenich (Creative Producer)

Co-Producer

  • Stefan Gärtner
  • Ben Höller
  • Yekta Scriba

Executive producer

  • Stephanie Schettler-Köhler
  • Klemens Hallmann

Line producer

  • Léonard Häberle

Unit production manager

  • Angie Simaifar

Location manager

  • Noelle Kempkes
  • Teresa Biegmann (Motiv)
  • Thomas Czogalla (Motiv)
  • Tom Bothe (Set)

Production assistant

  • Eva Umiger

Production coordinator

  • Mona Woskowski

Post-production

  • Christian Vennefrohne (Supervision)

Original distributor

  • ProU Producers United Film GmbH (Hamburg)

Funding

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

Shoot

    • 27.05.2024 - 12.07.2024: Berlin, München
Duration:
96 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.07.2025, 271560, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 26.09.2025, Zürich, Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 28.09.2025, Hambug, Filmfest - Große Freiheit;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Das Leben der Wünsche
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) The Life of Wishes

Versions

Original

Duration:
96 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.07.2025, 271560, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 26.09.2025, Zürich, Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 28.09.2025, Hambug, Filmfest - Große Freiheit;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2025

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/das-leben-der-wunsche_3fbf7a5aaaf34badb82cec0870955773