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Downhill City

Deutschland Finnland 1999 Spielfilm

Downhill City

Downhill City - The story of six people who are in the process of radically altering their lives. The Finnish musician Artsi leaves his home to achieve the breakthrough in Berlin. Peggy breaks with Hans who can only think of his career as a kickboxer.

 

Sascha, who has just been released from prison, doesn′t know where he is going to sleep. Fabian, the writer, keeps his head above water as a pizza delivery man, and Doris, who wants to break out of her narrow existence as a wife and wanders aimlessly through the city. Their paths cross and become absorbed again in the big city - Berlin.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Hannu Salonen

Screenplay

  • Hannu Salonen

Director of photography

  • Stephan Wagner

Editing

  • Julia Oehring

Music

  • 22 Pistepirkko

Cast

  • Franka Potente
    Peggy
  • Teemu Aromaa
    Artsi
  • Andreas Brucker
    Hans
  • Michaela Rosen
    Doris
  • Sebastian Rudolph
    Sascha
  • Axel Werner
    Fabian
  • Janne Hyytiäinen
    Sälä
  • Jarkko Tiainen
    Hartikainen
  • Pertti Sveholm
    Hemppa
  • Irma Junnilainen
    Ritva

Production company

  • Luna-Film GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner

Alle Credits

Director

  • Hannu Salonen

Assistant director

  • Dirk Petersen

Screenplay

  • Hannu Salonen

Director of photography

  • Stephan Wagner

Still photography

  • Axel Lauer

Lighting design

  • Andreas Schwab

Set design

  • Julia Dehoff

Property master

  • Maresa Burmester

Stand-by props

  • Christian Röscheisen

Make-up artist

  • Ela Bumbul
  • Sybille Eichborn

Costume design

  • Peter Pohl

Editing

  • Julia Oehring

Sound

  • Klaus-Peter Schmitt

Audio mixing

  • Alexander Leser

Stunts

  • Asuka Tovazzi

Music

  • 22 Pistepirkko

Cast

  • Franka Potente
    Peggy
  • Teemu Aromaa
    Artsi
  • Andreas Brucker
    Hans
  • Michaela Rosen
    Doris
  • Sebastian Rudolph
    Sascha
  • Axel Werner
    Fabian
  • Janne Hyytiäinen
    Sälä
  • Jarkko Tiainen
    Hartikainen
  • Pertti Sveholm
    Hemppa
  • Irma Junnilainen
    Ritva
  • Anette Felber
    Frau am U-Bahnhof
  • Hilmar Baumann
    Baddi
  • Hans-Martin Stier
    Peter
  • Snamar Baumann
    Jana
  • Theo Vadersen
    Martin
  • Andreas Buttler
    Rainer
  • Maria Körber
    Esther
  • Tobias Schenke
    Punker
  • Niels-Peter Rudolph
    Gast
  • 22 Pistepirkko
    Musikgruppe

Production company

  • Luna-Film GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • Talent House Oy (Helsinki)

in association with

  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb) (Berlin)
  • EFA - Medien Clear Spot

Producer

  • Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner

Co-Producer

  • Johannes Lassia
  • Christian Hohoff

Producer (TV)

  • Lucas Schmidt

Line producer

  • Klaus Dzuck

Location manager

  • Heikki Ukkonen
  • Mikko Hietala
  • Luxus von Eigensinn

Production coordinator

  • Luxus von Eigensinn

Original distributor

  • Basis-Film Verleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Finnish Film Foundation (Helsinki)
  • Channel Four (Helsinki)

Shoot

    • 26.01.1999 - 10.03.1999: Berlin, Finnland
Duration:
101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1999, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.04.2000;
TV-Erstsendung: 29.01.2007, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE FI) Downhill City

Versions

Original

Duration:
101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1999, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.04.2000;
TV-Erstsendung: 29.01.2007, ZDF

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/downhill-city_ea43d4a7410b5006e03053d50b37753d