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Brennende Betten

BR Deutschland 1987/1988 Spielfilm

After breaking up with her boyfriend who proposed to her, Gina moves out and is on the lookout for a new house. While looking for it she meets Harry, an English drummer who is also looking for a new place after his wife kicked him out. To fool the landlord into renting her his house, she pretends Harry is her husband. Her plan works out to the point that now Harry convinces her to let him live there as well and she is not very happy with this outcome. As it turns out, Harry is a pyromaniac and sets his room on fire a few times, but manages to keep it under control. After many attempts to remove Harry from their house, he finally moves out and Gina realizes how much she actually liked him. This is when she sets fire to the bed. Luckily, Harry is just on his way to pick up his last items when he sees the fire and helps her put it out, marking the start of their relationship.

Credits

Director

  • Pia Frankenberg

Screenplay

  • Pia Frankenberg

Director of photography

  • Raoul Coutard

Editing

  • Bettina Böhler

Music

  • Horst Mühlbradt

Cast

  • Ian Dury
    Harry Winfield
  • Pia Frankenberg
    Gina
  • Gerhard Garbers
    Karl
  • Christiane Carstens
    Maria
  • Jennifer Hibbert
    Cathy
  • Helmut Düsterhöft
    Gepäckaufbewahrer
  • Hans Kahlert
    Autobesitzer
  • Dawid Eeles
    Junger Mann im Bus
  • Gerhard Hartig
    Rentner
  • Friedrich Zimmer
    Kesselpauker

Production company

  • Pia Frankenberg Musik- und Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Pia Frankenberg
  • Jan-Michael Brandt

Alle Credits

Director

  • Pia Frankenberg

Assistant director

  • Hans Schönherr

Script supervisor

  • Angelika Krantz

Screenplay

  • Pia Frankenberg

Dialogue

  • Lucky Dostal (Dialog-Überwachung)

Director of photography

  • Raoul Coutard

Assistant camera

  • André Clément
  • Judith Kaufmann

Still photography

  • Bernd Fraatz

Lighting design

  • Gunther Damm

Set design

  • Christian Bussmann

Prop master

  • Ingrid Gnade
  • Holger Steinhauer-Zernitz

Construction manager

  • Reinhard Twardy
  • Trevor Watkins
  • Dieter Wertz

Title

  • Bettina Bayerl

Make-up artist

  • Rolf Baumann

Costume design

  • Sabine Jesse

Editing

  • Bettina Böhler

Assistant editor

  • Andrea Wimmer

Sound

  • Wolfgang Schukrafft

Sound assistant

  • Jochen Hergersberg

Audio mixing

  • Andreas Drewling
  • Hans Gralke

Consultant

  • Thomas Struck (Künstlerische Beratung)

Special effects

  • Harry Wiessenhaan

Music

  • Horst Mühlbradt

Music performer

  • Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional (Mexico D.F.)

Cast

  • Ian Dury
    Harry Winfield
  • Pia Frankenberg
    Gina
  • Gerhard Garbers
    Karl
  • Christiane Carstens
    Maria
  • Jennifer Hibbert
    Cathy
  • Helmut Düsterhöft
    Gepäckaufbewahrer
  • Hans Kahlert
    Autobesitzer
  • Dawid Eeles
    Junger Mann im Bus
  • Gerhard Hartig
    Rentner
  • Friedrich Zimmer
    Kesselpauker
  • Ernst-Erich Buder
    Musikarchivar
  • Linda Joy
    Maggie
  • Aysha Almeida
    Toillettenfrau
  • Roy Dyke
    Englischer Handwerker
  • René Schoenenberger
    Schweizer
  • Emmy Fahnert
    Frau auf Bahnsteig
  • Sabine Jesse
    Mädchen auf Bahnsteig
  • Klaus Wyborny
    Angler
  • Gabriel Bornstein
    1. Liebhaber
  • Christian Melüh
    2. Liebhaber
  • Alexander Beutel
    3. Liebhaber
  • Fats G. Pachsteffl
    4. Liebhaber
  • Stefan Mertin
    5. Liebhaber
  • Werner Eichhorn
    Hausverwalter
  • Lutz Förster
    Stripper
  • Heinrich Frohböse
    Pförtner der Staatsoper
  • Peter Biggleston
    Englischer Nachrichtensprecher
  • Jürgen Jürges
    Dirigent
  • Frances Tomelty
  • Steven Reinke
  • Susanne Schaefer

Production company

  • Pia Frankenberg Musik- und Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg)

in association with

  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)
  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Pia Frankenberg
  • Jan-Michael Brandt

Location manager

  • Jessica Davies
  • Birgit Köhncke

Production manager

  • Monika Kozlowski
  • Ulla Dorny

Original distributor

  • Impulsfilm Hans-Joachim Flebbe & Co. (Hannover)

Funding

  • Hamburger Film Fonds
  • Hamburger Filmbüro (Hamburg)

Shoot

    • November 1987 - Dezember 1987: Hamburg, London
Duration:
2321 m, 85 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.09.1988, 60579, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): Oktober 1988, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 29.04.1991, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Brennende Betten

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
85 min
Format:
DCP 2k, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton

Original

Duration:
2321 m, 85 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.09.1988, 60579, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): Oktober 1988, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 29.04.1991, ARD

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