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Soloalbum

Deutschland 2002/2003 Spielfilm

Solo Album

Ben, who works for the city′s most hip music magazine, is "the man" and he knows it … and takes advantage of it big time. People fawn all over him to get their music written up in his magazine and the girls adore him. But when he blows off his girlfriend Katharina′s birthday dinner in favor of a wild roll with a party girl, Katharina calls it quits. When it hits him that she′s really left him, Ben freaks. To get rid of his heartache he goes into denial and starts hanging out with other girls. He sees Katharina in a bar and tries to make her jealous, but instead makes a complete fool of himself.

She is sadly amused but Ben′s new girlfriend isn′t, and suddenly he′s back to playing his scratchy solo album. To top things off, Ben makes a stupid mistake and gets himself fired: ripping off an old Beatles review, he oversees one "John Lennon" in the text. Ben pulls ever more foolish stunts to get Katharina back, but she′s not buying it. Off to London for six months, she goes to Ben′s apartment to say goodbye. Hanging all over his apartment are pages of an epic love letter he has written to her…with no ending. Her hopes soar, perhaps the ending is what she′s been waiting to hear...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Gregor Schnitzler

Screenplay

  • Jens-Frederik Otto

Director of photography

  • Gero Steffen

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich
  • Alexander Dittner

Music

  • Marco Meister

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Ben
  • Nora Tschirner
    Katharina
  • Oliver Wnuk
    Alf
  • Christian Näthe
    Christian
  • Matthias Matschke
    Klaus
  • Leander Haußmann
    Chefredakteur
  • Lisa Maria Potthoff
    Nadja
  • Sandy Mölling
    Anastacia
  • Julia Dietze
    Franziska
  • Thomas D.
    Er selbst

Production company

  • Goldkind Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (München)

Producer

  • Christoph Müller

Alle Credits

Director

  • Gregor Schnitzler

Assistant director

  • Basia Baumann
  • Paul Goldsmith

Screenplay

  • Jens-Frederik Otto

Co-author

  • Christian Zübert (Drehbuch-Bearbeitung)

based on

  • Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Gero Steffen

Assistant camera

  • Florian Trautwein

Steadycam operator

  • Tilman Büttner

Set design

  • Mona Kino

Make-up artist

  • Brigitte Brenner
  • Kerstin Gaecklein

Costume design

  • Ivana Milos

Editing

  • Hansjörg Weißbrich
  • Alexander Dittner

Sound

  • Angelo D'Angelico

Music recording

  • Angelo D'Angelico

Casting

  • Rita Serra-Roll

Music

  • Marco Meister

Conductor

  • Andreas Kirnberger

Cast

  • Matthias Schweighöfer
    Ben
  • Nora Tschirner
    Katharina
  • Oliver Wnuk
    Alf
  • Christian Näthe
    Christian
  • Matthias Matschke
    Klaus
  • Leander Haußmann
    Chefredakteur
  • Lisa Maria Potthoff
    Nadja
  • Sandy Mölling
    Anastacia
  • Julia Dietze
    Franziska
  • Thomas D.
    Er selbst
  • Thorsten Feller
    Friedrich Unger
  • Jens-Frederik Otto
    Sanitäter
  • Frank Kusche
    Feuerwehrmann
  • Wanda Perdelwitz
    Madonna

Production company

  • Goldkind Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (München)

in co-production with

  • Clasart Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH (München)
  • TV 60 Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Christoph Müller

Co-Producer

  • Markus Zimmer
  • Sven Burgemeister

Executive producer

  • Philip Voges
  • Mischa Hofmann

Line producer

  • Dieter Graber

Unit production manager

  • Barbara Josek

Location manager

  • Felix Leitermann

Original distributor

  • Concorde Filmverleih GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Potsdam)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 08.07.2003 - 31.08.2003: Berlin
Duration:
2396 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.01.2003, 92868, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 27.03.2003

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Soloalbum

Versions

Original

Duration:
2396 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.01.2003, 92868, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 27.03.2003

Awards

New Faces Award 2003
  • New Faces Award, Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller
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