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Die Venusfalle

BR Deutschland 1987/1988 Spielfilm

The Venus Trap

The young doctor Max lives in Berlin with his girlfriend Coco. Max feels himself constrained, however, by the loving care provided by the attractive Coco. After being wrongly connected on the telephone one day, he hears the voice of a stranger for a few moments on the line. Only from hearing her voice he is convinced that she is the woman of his dreams. Every night from now on he goes out searching for this unknown person. Finally, he comes across a woman called Marie in a billiard hall, who must be the woman from the telephone. As if magically attracted to one another, Max and Marie begin a passionate love affair. At a party in Max’ apartment they finally try to hook up Coco with Marie’s partner Kurt.

 

Credits

Director

  • Robert van Ackeren

Screenplay

  • Robert van Ackeren
  • Catharina Zwerenz

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Jürges

Editing

  • Clarissa Ambach

Music

  • Peer Raben

Cast

  • Myriem Roussel
    Marie
  • Horst-Günter Marx
    Max
  • Sonja Kirchberger
    Coco
  • Hanns Zischler
    Kurt
  • Rolf Zacher
    Dr. Steiner
  • Herb Andress
  • Harry Baer
  • Walter Busch
  • Susanne Bäumler
  • Carsta van Deyck

Production company

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • Pro-ject Filmproduktion im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH (München)
  • M + P Film GmbH (München)
  • Robert Van Ackeren Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Robert van Ackeren
  • Theo Hinz
  • Martin Moszkowicz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Robert van Ackeren

Creative supervisor

  • Catharina Zwerenz (Künstlerische Mitarbeit)

Assistant director

  • Catharina Zwerenz
  • Berno Kürten

Script supervisor

  • Christian Hannoschöck

Screenplay

  • Robert van Ackeren
  • Catharina Zwerenz

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Jürges

Assistant camera

  • Anton Klima

2nd Camera unit

  • David Slama

Still photography

  • Reiner Bajo

Lighting design

  • Karl Zepernik

Set design

  • Olaf Schiefner

Prop master

  • Edgar Hinz

Construction manager

  • Luigi De Luca

Make-up artist

  • Anouschka Abée
  • Elke Pflips

Costume design

  • Regine Bätz

Editing

  • Clarissa Ambach

Sound

  • Klaus Klingler

Audio mixing

  • Hans-Dieter Schwarz

Choreographer

  • Hanne Weyh

Music

  • Peer Raben

Cast

  • Myriem Roussel
    Marie
  • Horst-Günter Marx
    Max
  • Sonja Kirchberger
    Coco
  • Hanns Zischler
    Kurt
  • Rolf Zacher
    Dr. Steiner
  • Herb Andress
  • Harry Baer
  • Walter Busch
  • Susanne Bäumler
  • Carsta van Deyck
  • Anna Kindl
  • Sabine Kückelmann
  • Renate Langer
  • Carmen Lentz
  • Christiane Maybach
  • Arthur Mayer
  • Renate Muhri
  • Alena Penz
  • Anke Reitzenstein
  • Evelyn Rillée
  • Roland von Schulze
  • Isabelle Schwanenberg
  • Susanne Seuffert
  • Wieland Speck
  • Norbert Steinke
  • Lynn Traeger
  • Vincent Trazoff
  • Ellen Umlauf
  • Olivia Wiedenhagen
  • Helena Yachma

Production company

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • Pro-ject Filmproduktion im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH (München)
  • M + P Film GmbH (München)
  • Robert Van Ackeren Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Robert van Ackeren
  • Theo Hinz
  • Martin Moszkowicz

Co-Producer

  • Theo Hinz
  • Martin Moszkowicz

Producer (TV)

  • Martin Büttner

Line producer

  • Martin Moszkowicz

Unit production manager

  • Kirsten Hager

Location manager

  • Michael Schwarz
  • Hildegard Westbeld

Production assistant

  • Johanna Bleier

Original distributor

  • Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG (München)

Shoot

    • 01.09.1987 - 21.12.1987: Berlin/West, Oberbayern
Duration:
2831 m, 103 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.08.1988, 60387, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei;
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.08.1988, 60387 [2. FSK-Prüfung];
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 06.09.1988, 60387 [3. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.11.1991, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Venusfalle
  • Weiterer Titel (ENG) The Venus Trap

Versions

Original

Duration:
2831 m, 103 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.08.1988, 60387, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei;
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.08.1988, 60387 [2. FSK-Prüfung];
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 06.09.1988, 60387 [3. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.11.1991, ZDF

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-venusfalle_ea43d4a6e43f5006e03053d50b37753d