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Finnlandia

Deutschland 1999-2001 Spielfilm

After the tragic loss of her husband, a young woman reconstructs the circumstances which caused his death. During this attempt to find her own way in daily life again, more and more recollections and occurrences appear on the surface, seemingly to foresee a tragic end.

 

Looking back, events appear to her like signs, chance meetings like disregarded warnings. On her search for meaning between yesterday and tomorrow, reality seems to split like a labyrinth, like an awakening after a nightmare, with no way out.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Gregor Schnitzler

Screenplay

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Karl-Heinz Zubrod

Director of photography

  • Ali Olcay Gözkaya

Editing

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Gregor Schnitzler

Music

  • Wilhelm Stegmeier

Cast

  • Caroline Baehr
    Sophie
  • Marc Hosemann
    Alex
  • Erdal Yıldız
    Pierre
  • Barbara Benesch
    Julia
  • Andreas Lust
    Robert
  • Michael Schenk
    Franz
  • Loretta Pflaum
    Anhalterin
  • Shellye Broughton
    Artzhelferin
  • David Friedewald
    Manuel
  • Katharina Schmalenberg
    Sarah

Production company

  • Luna-Film GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner

Alle Credits

Director

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Gregor Schnitzler

Screenplay

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Karl-Heinz Zubrod

based on

  • Martin Grzimek (Erzählung)

Director of photography

  • Ali Olcay Gözkaya

Set design

  • Thomas M. Schmid

Prop master

  • Jutta Freyer

Construction manager

  • Glenn König

Costume design

  • Ivana Milos

Editing

  • Eleni Ampelakiotou
  • Gregor Schnitzler

Sound

  • Arno Wilms

Sound assistant

  • Volker Uri
  • Heiko Birkenstock

Music

  • Wilhelm Stegmeier

Cast

  • Caroline Baehr
    Sophie
  • Marc Hosemann
    Alex
  • Erdal Yıldız
    Pierre
  • Barbara Benesch
    Julia
  • Andreas Lust
    Robert
  • Michael Schenk
    Franz
  • Loretta Pflaum
    Anhalterin
  • Shellye Broughton
    Artzhelferin
  • David Friedewald
    Manuel
  • Katharina Schmalenberg
    Sarah
  • J. Christoffer Slotte
    Mann in der U-Bahn

Production company

  • Luna-Film GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb) (Berlin)

in association with

  • Woodpecker Film (Helsinki)

Producer

  • Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner

Producer (TV)

  • Katja de Bock (Westdeutscher Rundfunk [WDR])

Unit production manager

  • Robert Geisler

Shoot

    • 05.07.1999 - 31.08.1999: Finnland, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Bonn und Umgebung, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Duration:
118 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.2001, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 03.09.2003, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Finnlandia

Versions

Original

Duration:
118 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.2001, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 03.09.2003, Arte

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/finnlandia_ea43d4a6b32f5006e03053d50b37753d