Skip to main content
Home
Published on filmportal.de (https://www.filmportal.de)

No Hit Wonder

Deutschland 2024/2025 Spielfilm

Daniel, once a celebrated one-hit wonder, has hit rock bottom. After a failed suicide attempt, he finds himself in a psychiatric hospital, haunted by the song that once made him famous—and has since become his curse. There he meets Dr. Lissi Waldstett, a happiness researcher with little reputation and even fewer resources. Seeing an opportunity for her work, Lissi proposes an unusual deal: Daniel should help her use music to bring joy back to a group of lonely patients. Between mutual manipulation, eccentric fellow inmates, and the search for a last spark of meaning, Daniel and Lissi are drawn into a dynamic that will change them both. 

Credits

Director

  • Florian Dietrich

Screenplay

  • Florian David Fitz

Director of photography

  • Max Preiss

Editing

  • Julia Karg
  • Florian Dietrich
  • David Kuruc (Zusatz)

Music

  • John Gürtler
  • Jan Miserre
  • Milena Fessmann (Supervision)

Cast

  • Florian David Fitz
    Daniel Novak
  • Nora Tschirner
    Lissi
  • Jerusha Wahlen
    Elaha
  • Corinna Kirchhoff
    Elvira
  • Bernd Hölscher
    Uwe
  • Jasmin Shakeri
    Sandra
  • Udo Samel
    Helmut
  • Holger Stockhaus
    Stefan
  • Aziz Dyab
    Sami
  • Lorna Ishema
    Dr. Hazel Graminski

Production company

  • Pantaleon Films GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Dan Maag
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Florian David Fitz (Creative Producer)
  • Marco Beckmann
  • Markus Reinecke (Associate Producer)
  • Daniel Sonnabend

Alle Credits

Director

  • Florian Dietrich

Assistant director

  • Kim Doyen
  • Julia Eiber

Script supervisor

  • Janine Pajsert (Script Supervisor)
  • Florian Hoffmann (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Florian David Fitz

Director of photography

  • Max Preiss

Assistant camera

  • Nelson Smith

Visual effects

  • Frank Kaminski (Supervision)

Still photography

  • Lars Nitsch

Lighting design

  • Dirk Domcke

Key grip

  • Beniamino Casagrande
  • Markus Schweiger

Production design

  • Susann Bieling

Set design

  • Viola Weltgen

Property master

  • Claudia Mahringer
  • Christian Haas (Assistenz)

Stand-by props

  • Johanna Kottwitz
  • Maren Eich

Make-up artist

  • Charlotte Chang
  • Dorothea Wiedermann

Costume design

  • Ulé Barcelos
  • Lucia Michel (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Julia Karg
  • Florian Dietrich
  • David Kuruc (Zusatz)

Assistant editor

  • Bianca Dienemann-Mehlitz

Sound design

  • Dominik Leube

Sound

  • Dominik Leube

Audio mixing

  • Christoph Merkele

Casting

  • Anja Dihrberg-Siebler

Music

  • John Gürtler
  • Jan Miserre
  • Milena Fessmann (Supervision)

Arrangement

  • Juan M.V. Garcia

Music (other)

  • Marc Secara (Vocal Coach + Musikproduktion)

Cast

  • Florian David Fitz
    Daniel Novak
  • Nora Tschirner
    Lissi
  • Jerusha Wahlen
    Elaha
  • Corinna Kirchhoff
    Elvira
  • Bernd Hölscher
    Uwe
  • Jasmin Shakeri
    Sandra
  • Udo Samel
    Helmut
  • Holger Stockhaus
    Stefan
  • Aziz Dyab
    Sami
  • Lorna Ishema
    Dr. Hazel Graminski
  • Anja Antonowicz
    Pflegerin Tülin
  • Marta Helmin
    Chorsängerin
  • Dorothee Dalg
    Chorsängerin
  • Kilian Sladek
    Chorsänger
  • Dominique Rosenbohm
    Chorsängerin
  • Jennifer Kothe
    Chorsängerin
  • Falilou Seck
    Elahas Vater
  • Zethphan Smith-Gneist
    Elahas Bruder
  • Hadi Khanjanpour
    Aufnahmeleiter
  • Sebastian Blomberg
    Moderator
  • Bibiana Beglau
    Klinikchefin
  • Hyun Wanner
    Arzt
  • Viviana Schmidt
    Chorsängerin
  • Timon Lumière
    Chorsänger

Production company

  • Pantaleon Films GmbH (München)

in co-production with

  • Erfttal Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co KG (Siegburg)
  • Warner Bros. Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)
  • Koryphäen Film (Berlin/München)
  • Magic Media Production GmbH (Essingen)

Producer

  • Dan Maag
  • Marco Beckmann
  • Daniel Sonnabend
  • Alexander Dreissig
  • Florian David Fitz (Creative Producer)
  • Markus Reinecke (Associate Producer)

Co-Producer

  • Steffen Schier
  • Klaus Dohle

Executive producer

  • Stephanie Schettler-Köhler
  • Klemens Hallmann

Line producer

  • Léonard Häberle

Unit production manager

  • Gernot Sprenger

Location manager

  • Max Locher
  • Florian Erhard (Motiv)
  • Martin Eikenbusch (Motiv)
  • Pierre Eisenhut (Motiv)
  • Dirk Eberling (Set)
  • Patric Haiböck (Set)
  • Mika Engelhardt (Set)

Production assistant

  • Noémi Ebert
  • Celina Wegfahrt

Production coordinator

  • Lisa Buchheim

Post-production

  • René Hübner (Supervision)

Original distributor

  • Warner Bros. Pictures Germany 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

    • 04.10.2024 - 26.11.2024: Berlin, München
Duration:
118 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2025, 273227, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 30.10.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) One Hit, No Wonder
  • Originaltitel (DE) No Hit Wonder

Versions

Original

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

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.09.2025, 273227, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 30.10.2025

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/no-hit-wonder_130e71a094ac4160b18e24a9a9dc7843