Gran Paradiso
Following an accident 19-year old Mark is confined to a wheelchair unable to accept he will never walk again. When he tries to kill himself his therapist, Lisa, saves him by promising to make his dream come true: climbing the icy peak of the 13,000 ft high Gran Paradiso in the Alps.
But financial and bureaucratic problems get in the way so Lisa comes up with a daring plan and enlists her friend and colleague Martin who works in a youth prison. It′s a strange group which finally sets off up the mountain: Mark, Lisa with the mentally handicapped odd couple Rosi and Harpo, and Martin with the juvenile delinquents recruited to carry Mark: Wolf, the charismatic leader of fellow inmates Edwin and Rocky, a clumsy skinhead and a streetwise Turk who are always fighting. Physical hardships are soon forgotten as prejudices and mental barriers prove a bigger problem. The quest becomes a painful test of solidarity. The very disparate characters bond as they struggle through the magnificent mountainscape with its limitless horizons. In the end, reaching the peak is no longer an issue. They have learned to appreciate new values: friendship and tolerance. The people who come down are not the ones went up.
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Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Mark
- Lisa
- Wolf
- Martin
- Edwin
- Harpo
- Rocky
- Rosi
- Heimleiter
- Pflegerin
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Script editor
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Clapper loader
2nd Camera unit
Steadycam operator
Optical effects
Optical effects camera
Still photography
Lighting design
Key grip
Set design
Property master
Stand-by props
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Negative cutter
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Music recording
Synch sound
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Consultant
Casting
Music
Conductor
Music performer
Cast
- Mark
- Lisa
- Wolf
- Martin
- Edwin
- Harpo
- Rocky
- Rosi
- Heimleiter
- Pflegerin
- 1. Bergsteiger
- 2. Bergsteiger
- Hüttenwirt
- Vater
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Executive producer
Associate producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Pre-production
Original distributor
Shoot
- 03.08.1999 - 09.10.1999: Engadin, Hamburg, Schweiz
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2000, 85491, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Gran Paradiso
- Untertitel Das Abenteuer Mensch zu sein
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2000, 85491, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000
Awards
- Lola, Beste Nebendarstellerin