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Der Kontrolleur

Deutschland 1994/1995 Spielfilm

The Border Guard

Hermann Hoffstedt worked for 30 years as a border guard of the GDR. Then, from one day to the next, the border ceased to exist. Hermann was made redundant. His wife died shortly afterwards of a heart attack. Hermann lives on in the old world.

 

Day by day, he drives out to the deserted border crossing point and carries out his work ...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Stefan Trampe

Screenplay

  • Uwe Mann
  • Stefan Trampe

Director of photography

  • Uwe Mann

Editing

  • Karin Geiß

Music

  • Thomas Klemm

Cast

  • Hermann Beyer
    Hermann
  • Ulrike Krumbiegel
    Ine / Marianne
  • Eugen Krößner
    Hermann als Junge
  • Hans-Uwe Bauer
    Mann im Auto
  • Michael Gwisdek
    Rolf
  • Jérôme Fink
    1. Kind
  • Linn Hirschke
    2. Kind
  • Juliane Zöllner
    3. Kind
  • Regine Seidler
  • Thomas Wendrich

Production company

  • City Film (Berlin)

Producer

  • Robert Ganzke

Alle Credits

Director

  • Stefan Trampe

Assistant director

  • Jens Alpermann

Script supervisor

  • Ulrich Seidler

Screenplay

  • Uwe Mann
  • Stefan Trampe

Story

  • Kerstin Hensel
  • Stefan Trampe

Script editor

  • Angelika Mieth
  • Egon Günther (Beratung)

Director of photography

  • Uwe Mann

Assistant camera

  • Steffen Kießling
  • Robert Laatz
  • Dirk Heth

Still photography

  • Sabine Michel

Lighting design

  • Wolfgang Hirschke

Set design

  • Uwe Riemer

Set construction

  • Björn Holzhausen

Prop master

  • Marianne Drope

Construction manager

  • Torsten Königs

Make-up artist

  • Bettina Schallock

Costume design

  • Regina Viertel

Editing

  • Karin Geiß

Assistant editor

  • Claudia Scholze

Sound

  • Ronald Gohlke

Sound assistant

  • Stefan Kolbe

Audio mixing

  • Joseph Veith

Special effects

  • Björn Holzhausen

Music

  • Thomas Klemm

Cast

  • Hermann Beyer
    Hermann
  • Ulrike Krumbiegel
    Ine / Marianne
  • Eugen Krößner
    Hermann als Junge
  • Hans-Uwe Bauer
    Mann im Auto
  • Michael Gwisdek
    Rolf
  • Jérôme Fink
    1. Kind
  • Linn Hirschke
    2. Kind
  • Juliane Zöllner
    3. Kind
  • Regine Seidler
  • Thomas Wendrich
  • Dora Raddy

Production company

  • City Film (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen »Konrad Wolf« (Potsdam-Babelsberg)
  • Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) (Potsdam-Babelsberg)
  • Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (Leipzig)

Producer

  • Robert Ganzke

Producer (TV)

  • Cooky Ziesche
  • Nicole Kellerhals

Unit production manager

  • Michael Eichler

Location manager

  • Kai-Uwe Blümel
  • Helge Albers
  • Jens Ove Glade

Production manager

  • Christine Ganzke

Original distributor

  • Filmkundliches Archiv (Köln)

Shoot

    • 1994: Drewitz (ehemaliger Grenzübergang) [Sommer (?)]
Duration:
63 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Agfacolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.1995, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Aufführung (DE): Februar 1995, Berlin, IFF - Neue Deutsche Filme;
TV-Erstsendung: 13.11.1995, ORB

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Der Kontrolleur

Versions

Original

Duration:
63 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Agfacolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.1995, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Aufführung (DE): Februar 1995, Berlin, IFF - Neue Deutsche Filme;
TV-Erstsendung: 13.11.1995, ORB

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