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Wolfsburg

Deutschland 2002/2003 Spielfilm

Wolfsburg

Car salesman Philip Wagner is driving along an asphalted dirt road used by the locals as a short cut to Wolfsburg. He is having an argument on his mobile with his fiancée when, suddenly, he runs over a child. He sees the child′s body in his rear-view mirror, hesitates, brakes, but does not get out. He stays right where he is in his life - and simply drives on. It looks as though he might be lucky this time, the boy comes out of his coma and the police are looking for another car rather than his. Philip′s life continues.

But then the child dies. Shattered by her son′s death, Laura decides to find the perpetrator. She makes her way from one scrap metal yard to another, and from one workshop to another - all to no avail. With the help of her girlfriend Vera, Laura tries to pick up the pieces in her life. And then, by chance, she meets Philip.
Philip takes Laura under his wing, he tries to help her up again and give her support. All of a sudden, a feeling of security and closeness begins to evolve. But Laura has no idea with whom she is getting involved...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Christian Petzold

Screenplay

  • Christian Petzold

Director of photography

  • Hans Fromm

Editing

  • Bettina Böhler

Music

  • Stefan Will

Cast

  • Benno Fürmann
    Phillip Wagner
  • Nina Hoss
    Laura Reiser
  • Astrid Meyerfeldt
    Vera
  • Antje Westermann
    Katja
  • Stephan Kampwirth
    Klaus
  • Matthias Matschke
    Scholz
  • Soraya Gomaa
    Françoise
  • Martin Aron Müseler
    Paul Reiser
  • Anna Priese
    Antonia
  • Florian Panzner
    Polizist

Production company

  • TeamWorx Television & Film GmbH (Berlin / Potsdam / München / Ludwigsburg)

Producer

  • Bettina Reitz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Christian Petzold

Assistant director

  • Ires Jung
  • Stephan Schiffers

Script supervisor

  • Jean-Baptiste Filleau

Screenplay

  • Christian Petzold

Script editor

  • Harun Farocki (Mitarbeit)

Director of photography

  • Hans Fromm

Assistant camera

  • Matthias Kapinos

Lighting design

  • Christoph Dehmel-Osterloh
  • Josh Duell

Key grip

  • Florian Birch

Set design

  • Kade Gruber

Prop master

  • Friederike Berthold

Property master

  • Harry Rischmüller

Make-up artist

  • Monika Münnich

Costume design

  • Lisy Christl
  • Anke Wahnbaeck (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Bettina Böhler

Assistant editor

  • Bettina Blickwede

Sound

  • Andreas Mücke-Niesytka

Sound assistant

  • Martin Ehlers

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer

Casting

  • Simone Bär

Music

  • Stefan Will

Cast

  • Benno Fürmann
    Phillip Wagner
  • Nina Hoss
    Laura Reiser
  • Astrid Meyerfeldt
    Vera
  • Antje Westermann
    Katja
  • Stephan Kampwirth
    Klaus
  • Matthias Matschke
    Scholz
  • Soraya Gomaa
    Françoise
  • Martin Aron Müseler
    Paul Reiser
  • Anna Priese
    Antonia
  • Florian Panzner
    Polizist
  • André Szymanski
    Neuer Verkäufer
  • Peter Kurth
    Oliver
  • Simone von Zglinicki
    Krankenschwester
  • Sven Pippig
    Schrotthändler
  • Margarita Broich
    Psychologin
  • Claudia Geisler-Bading
    Junge Mutter
  • Andreas Petri
    Junger Vater
  • Fritz Roth
    Mechaniker auf dem Schrottplatz
  • Thorsten Mischweis
    Werkschutzmann
  • Michael Poth
    Mechaniker im Autohaus

Production company

  • TeamWorx Television & Film GmbH (Berlin / Potsdam / München / Ludwigsburg)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)

Commissioned by

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

Producer

  • Bettina Reitz

Producer (TV)

  • Caroline von Senden

Line producer

  • Mathias Schwerbrock

Location manager

  • Matthias Ruppelt
  • Daniela Muck

Original distributor

  • Peripher Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 2002: Wolfsburg und Umgebung, Ostsee [Sommer]
Duration:
2470 m, 90 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.08.2003, 95053, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2003, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 25.09.2003;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 25.06.2004, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Wolfsburg

Versions

Original

Duration:
2470 m, 90 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.08.2003, 95053, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2003, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 25.09.2003;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 25.06.2004, Arte

Awards

Adolf-Grimme-Preis 2005
  • Preise in Gold in der Kategorie Fiction & Unterhaltung
IFF Berlin 2003
  • FIPRESCI-Preis - Reihe Panorama
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