Willenbrock
Willenbrock
Bernd Willenbrock is a second-hand car salesman. Business is good, he has a beautiful wife, a mistress, a house on a new estate and a place in the country. He has just one employee, Jurek, an experienced car mechanic from Poland, who gets the cars ready for sale. Most of his customers are from eastern Europe. One of them is Krylow, a dubious Russian businessman, who turns up every few weeks or so and always buys up several cars at once. Their regular business deals mean that the two men have developed a relationship of trust of which Jurek does not approve at all. Willenbrock is quite content with his life. But then, all at once, several cars disappear without a trace from the yard. In order to show that he is prepared to do something about the burglary he hires a night watchman. Not only does Fritz look after the yard and the cars, he also happens to have a pretty daughter. However, this young student doesn’t seem to have the slightest interest in either second-hand cars or in her father’s boss. This only serves to spur Willenbrock’s ambition – without making him forget either his wife or his mistress. Willenbrock is real skirt-chaser.
However, his life comes under serious threat when he and his wife are mugged at their holiday home by Russian burglars – who are quickly caught and deported like a shot. Things threaten to spin out of control and Jurek is the only one to offer his active support.
Source: 55. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Willenbrock
- Susanne
- Anna
- Vera
- Gebrauchtwagenhändler Fritz
- Maler Waldersee
- Jurek
- Krylow
- Victor
- Staatsanwalt
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
based on
Script editor
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Lighting design
Key grip
Production design
Set design
Prop master
Title
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Audio mixing
Casting
Music
Music (other)
Cast
- Willenbrock
- Susanne
- Anna
- Vera
- Gebrauchtwagenhändler Fritz
- Maler Waldersee
- Jurek
- Krylow
- Victor
- Staatsanwalt
- Kommissarin
- Herr Friedrich
- Frau Friedrich
- Eberhard
- Polizistin
- 1. Polizist
- 2. Polizist
- Nachbar
- Einbrecher
- Einbrecherin
- Einbrecher in die Garage
- Makler
- Kollege der Kommissarin
- Junger Mann
- Tom
- Journalistin
- Astrid
- Errol
- Jenny
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- Februar 2004 - 18.03.2004: Magdeburg, Havelberg
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.2005, 101612, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2005, Berlin, IFF - Panorama Special;
Kinostart (DE): 17.03.2005;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 18.04.2008, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Willenbrock
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.2005, 101612, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2005, Berlin, IFF - Panorama Special;
Kinostart (DE): 17.03.2005;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 18.04.2008, Arte
Awards
- Preis der deutschen Filmkritik Bester Darsteller Axel Prahl
- Hessischer Filmpreis, Beste Literaturverfilmung
- Femina Filmpreis, Bestes Kostümdesign
- Beste Kamera, Spielfilm