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Wilma will mehr

Deutschland 2023-2025 Spielfilm

Wilma is a woman of many talents. She knows her way around electricity, machinery, and fruit just as well as she knows the feeling of being let down. Until the late 1990s, she lives in the Lusatian lignite mining region. But when her husband cheats on her and she loses her job, Wilma leaves her home in a hurry. In her mid-40s, she starts over in Vienna - with no plan, but plenty of determination. Working as a jane-of-all-trades in the suburbs, she moves into a leftist shared flat and sets more than just power lines in motion - she starts to get her life back on track. And when a dance school calls for her help, the joy of life slowly returns - along with a growing openness to love, somewhere between waltzes and wrench sets.

Credits

Director

  • Maren-Kea Freese

Screenplay

  • Maren-Kea Freese

Director of photography

  • Michael Kotschi

Editing

  • Andrea Muñoz

Music

  • Cassis B Staudt

Cast

  • Fritzi Haberlandt
    Wilma
  • Stephan Grossmann
    Martin
  • Thomas Gerber
    Alex
  • Leonhard Hugger
    Juri
  • Xenia Snagowski
    Doris
  • Valentin Postlmayr
    Anatol
  • Simon Steinhorst
    Max
  • Meret Engelhardt
    Matilde
  • Werner Lustig
    Günni Kalliske
  • Katrin Schwingel
    Renate

Production company

  • Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH (Leipzig)

Producer

  • Heino Deckert
  • Tina Börner
  • Katharina Bergfeld

Alle Credits

Director

  • Maren-Kea Freese

Assistant director

  • Raphael Rogel
  • Gesine Blanke

Script supervisor

  • Melanie Kühn (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Maren-Kea Freese

Director of photography

  • Michael Kotschi

Assistant camera

  • Ricarda Hibbeln

Lighting design

  • Peter Kramer

Key grip

  • Erik Sens

Production design

  • Lisa Kumpf
  • Mirco Hausmann (Assistenz)

Set design

  • Heike Wolf
  • Sandra Pfeil

Property master

  • Antje Krug
  • Harry Rischmüller
  • Simona Hilbert (Assistenz)

Stand-by props

  • Christian Hochtritt
  • Selina Sadler (Assistenz)

Make-up artist

  • Astrid Lehmann (Chefmaskenbildnerin)
  • Luna Mühlbach
  • Lena Hofmann

Costume design

  • Nadine Kremeier
  • Romy Pittelkau (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Andrea Muñoz

Assistant editor

  • Enver Melis

Editing (other)

  • Florian Miosge (Rohschnitt)

Sound design

  • Andy Schlegel

Sound

  • Dominik Leube

Sound assistant

  • Evgeni Schwalba
  • Fabian Hinrichs

Audio mixing

  • Max von Werder

Casting

  • Maren-Kea Freese
  • Tanja Schuh

Music

  • Cassis B Staudt

Cast

  • Fritzi Haberlandt
    Wilma
  • Stephan Grossmann
    Martin
  • Thomas Gerber
    Alex
  • Leonhard Hugger
    Juri
  • Xenia Snagowski
    Doris
  • Valentin Postlmayr
    Anatol
  • Simon Steinhorst
    Max
  • Meret Engelhardt
    Matilde
  • Werner Lustig
    Günni Kalliske
  • Katrin Schwingel
    Renate
  • Birgit Unterweger
    Mitarbeiterin vom Arbeitsamt
  • Konstanze Dutzi
    Frau Gruber
  • Christoph Franken
    Chef vom Elektrohandel
  • Ottokar Lehrner
    Herr Großmann
  • Isabel Schosnig
    Rosi
  • Clara Vogt
    Azubine
  • Johannes Ahn
    Herr Wu (Szenen entfallen)

Production company

  • Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH (Leipzig)

in co-production with

  • Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (Leipzig)

Producer

  • Heino Deckert
  • Tina Börner
  • Katharina Bergfeld

Producer (TV)

  • Denise Langenhan (MDR)
  • Adrian Paul (MDR)

Line producer

  • Tina Börner

Unit production manager

  • Alexander Sascha Thiel
  • Maximilian Seidel

Location manager

  • Alexander Sascha Thiel
  • Tilo Olaf Ullrich (Motiv)
  • Pierre Böhm (Set)
  • Sabrina Sommer (Set)
  • Raphael Rogel (Set)

Production coordinator

  • Maximilian Feldkamp

Original distributor

  • Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (MDM) (Leipzig)

Shoot

    • 05.10.2023 - 10.11.2023: Brandenburg, Sachsen, Wien
Duration:
107 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.04.2025, 268173, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.05.2025, Schwerin, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern;
Kinostart (DE): 31.07.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Die Abenteuer der Lausitzerin Wilma
  • Originaltitel (DE) Wilma will mehr
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Wilma Or The Ghosts Of Freedom

Versions

Original

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

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.04.2025, 268173, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.05.2025, Schwerin, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern;
Kinostart (DE): 31.07.2025

Awards

Neiße Filmfestival 2025
  • Publikumspreis, Spielfilm
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