Das Leben ist eine Baustelle
Life is All You Get / Life is a Construction Site
In a huge city like Berlin you literally have to bump into your "big love" - or else it could be that your chance has forever passed. On his way to work at the slaughterhouse, Jan Nebel gets into a street fight. Before he really knows what is going on, he beats up two plainclothes police investigators and finds himself joined by Vera, a beautiful woman who turns out to be his dreamgirl. But their fortune is fragile: Jan is afraid of being HIV-infected, and Vera creeps out of his bed every night ... Just like the other leading characters in this film, Jan and Vera are looking for their own identity, for friendship, a piece of luck and for their "big love". Life Is All You Get is a sensitive and subtle, but also flashy and comical approach to people′s lives in a changing city, focusing on their dreams, fears, and desires.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Jan Nebel
- Vera
- Buddy
- Harry
- Lilo
- Jenni
- Kristina
- Moni
- Theo
- Supermarktleiter
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
2nd Unit director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Clapper loader
2nd Camera unit
Steadycam operator
Still photography
Lighting design
Key grip
Camera (other)
Property master
Stand-by props
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Negative cutter
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Music recording
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Casting
Miscellaneous (other)
Cast
- Jan Nebel
- Vera
- Buddy
- Harry
- Lilo
- Jenni
- Kristina
- Moni
- Theo
- Supermarktleiter
- Julian
- Sylvia
- Bestatter Teichert
- Uschi
- Rudi
- Jans Mutter
- Richter
- Chef im Fleischhof
- Sängerin im TV
- Mann am Buffet
- 1. Zivi
- 2. Zivi
- 1. Polizist - 2. Möbelträger
- 2. Polizist
- 3. Polizist
- Mann mit Hund
- Mieter
- Max
- Moritz
- Junge mit Messer
- 2. Junge
- TV-Showmaster
- Jans Vater
- 1. Redner
- 2. Redner
- Taxifahrer
- Siggi
- Dorita
- Mieter mit Schrank
- 1. Sargträger
- 2. Sargträger
- 1. Möbelträger
- Nachtportier
- Tagger Lee
- Mann im Leichenwagen
- Etagenkellner
- Pfarrer
- Kabeltrommel
- Arzt
- Lippenstift
- Lady Madonna
- Jerry Lee Lehmann
- Schnorrer in der U-Bahn
- Frau mit Messer
- 1. Mann in der Kneipe
- 2. Mann in der Kneipe
- Krankenschwester
Voice
- Buddy
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Production manager
Production office
Original distributor
Shoot
- 28.11.1995 - Februar 1996: Berlin, Westermark
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1997, 76971, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): , Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 20.03.1997;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.06.1998, Premiere
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Das Leben ist eine Baustelle
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 03.03.1997, 76971, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): , Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 20.03.1997;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.06.1998, Premiere
Awards
- Nachwuchspreis
- Prädikat: wertvoll
- Preis der deutschen Filmkritik, Bester Spielfilm
- Beste neue Regie
- Filmband in Silber, Bester Film
- Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistung
- Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistungen