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Gran Paradiso

Deutschland 1999/2000 Spielfilm

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

  • Miguel Alexandre

Screenplay

  • Georg Heinzen

Director of photography

  • Peter Indergand

Editing

  • Inge Behrens

Music

  • Dominic Roth

Cast

  • Ken Duken
    Mark
  • Regula Grauwiller
    Lisa
  • Gregor Törzs
    Wolf
  • Max Herbrechter
    Martin
  • Frank Giering
    Edwin
  • Alexander Hörbe
    Harpo
  • Erhan Emre
    Rocky
  • Antje Westermann
    Rosi
  • Gerhard Garbers
    Heimleiter
  • Monika Häckermann
    Pflegerin

Production company

  • Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Henrik Meyer

Alle Credits

Director

  • Miguel Alexandre

Assistant director

  • Mike Brown

Script supervisor

  • Angelika Krantz (Continuity)

Screenplay

  • Georg Heinzen

Script editor

  • Christina Kaschuba (Drehbuchberatung)

Director of photography

  • Peter Indergand

Assistant camera

  • Tony Hofmann

Clapper loader

  • Yvonne Geiler

2nd Camera unit

  • Thomas Gottschalk (Schweiz)

Steadycam operator

  • Ricardo Brunner (Hamburg)
  • Bernhard Wuthrich (Schweiz)
  • Eckhard Jansen (Schweiz)

Optical effects

  • Jan Krupp
  • Martin Riedel
  • Ismat Zaidi

Optical effects camera

  • Gregor Huber (Video-Operator)

Still photography

  • Thorsten Jander

Lighting design

  • Detlef Thiel

Key grip

  • Matthias Gelhausen

Set design

  • Kirsten Garbade

Property master

  • Desiree Peton

Stand-by props

  • Michael Steinbacher

Construction manager

  • Gonda Hinrichs (Hamburg)
  • Lars Andresen (Hamburg)
  • Max Moormann (Schweiz)
  • Christian Wollberg (Schweiz)
  • Mike Hubl (Schweiz)

Make-up artist

  • Guido Lutz
  • Sonja Euhus
  • Rolf Baumann (Hamburg)

Costume design

  • Stefanie Bieker
  • Tania Kawski (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Inge Behrens

Negative cutter

  • Hilke Schulz

Sound design

  • Jan Bennert

Sound

  • Eric Rueff

Sound assistant

  • Thomas Vosseler

Music recording

  • Tadeusz Mieczkowski

Synch sound

  • Stephan Rackwitz

Foley artist

  • Otger Kunert

Audio mixing

  • Jan Bennert

Consultant

  • Alexander Hemmpel (Musik-Beratung)

Casting

  • Heta Mantscheff

Music

  • Dominic Roth

Conductor

  • Manfred Honetschläger

Arrangement

  • Manfred Honetschläger (Orchestrierung)
  • Dominic Roth (Orchestrierung)

Music performer

  • Symphonic Laboratory Orchestra Warsaw (PL)

Cast

  • Ken Duken
    Mark
  • Regula Grauwiller
    Lisa
  • Gregor Törzs
    Wolf
  • Max Herbrechter
    Martin
  • Frank Giering
    Edwin
  • Alexander Hörbe
    Harpo
  • Erhan Emre
    Rocky
  • Antje Westermann
    Rosi
  • Gerhard Garbers
    Heimleiter
  • Monika Häckermann
    Pflegerin
  • Rainer Werner
    1. Bergsteiger
  • Thomas Jester
    2. Bergsteiger
  • Marco Giovanoli
    Hüttenwirt
  • Leo Blättler
    Vater

Production company

  • Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)

in co-production with

  • Warner Bros. Filmproduktion GmbH (Hamburg)
  • Monty Filmgesellschaft GmbH (Köln)

in association with

  • CineMedia Film AG (München-Geiselgasteig)

Producer

  • Henrik Meyer

Executive producer

  • Verena Herfurth

Associate producer

  • Wolfgang Esenwein

Unit production manager

  • Jens Meyer

Location manager

  • Chris Evert (1. Aufnahmeleitung)
  • Sven Herrmann (2. Aufnahmeleitung)
  • Claudia Hentschel (Hamburg)

Production coordinator

  • Leo Blättler

Pre-production

  • Carsten Schumacher (Projekt-Koordination)

Original distributor

  • Warner Bros. Pictures Germany GmbH (Hamburg)

Funding

  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH (Hamburg)

Shoot

    • 03.08.1999 - 09.10.1999: Engadin, Hamburg, Schweiz
Duration:
2900 m, 106 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2000, 85491, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Gran Paradiso
  • Untertitel Das Abenteuer Mensch zu sein

Versions

Original

Duration:
2900 m, 106 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.08.2000, 85491, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2001
  • Lola, Beste Nebendarstellerin
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