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En Garde

Deutschland 2003/2004 Spielfilm

Sixteen-year-old Alice was put into a Catholic educational institute for girls by her mother. She is quite different from the other girls: Because of her extreme sense of hearing she perceives the world around her differently from other people and prefers to stay pretty much by herself. In the home she meets Berivan, a Kurdish girl stranded in the same place hoping for a positive judgment from the German immigration authorities. Gradually, Alice opens up to Berivan and they become friends. But the situation between the two begins to dramatically get out of control after Berivan falls in love.
En Garde is a moving story about two girls’ friendship, their hopes and dreams and their favorite game: fencing.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Ayşe Polat

Screenplay

  • Ayşe Polat

Director of photography

  • Patrick Orth

Editing

  • Gergana Voigt

Music

  • Mosermeyer

Cast

  • Maria Kwiatkowsky
    Alice
  • Pinar Erincin
    Berivan
  • Haluk Piyes
    Ilir
  • Geno Lechner
    Schwester Clara
  • Antje Westermann
    Alices Mutter
  • Julia Mahnecke
    Martha
  • Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
    Josefine
  • Sonia De Martino
    Ines
  • Rita Grote
    Schwester Marita
  • Laura Guilda Grote
    Tanja

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Maria Köpf

Alle Credits

Director

  • Ayşe Polat

Assistant director

  • Florian Aigner
  • Bettina Schoeller
  • Lars Henning

Screenplay

  • Ayşe Polat

Director of photography

  • Patrick Orth

Optical effects

  • Lars Buntemeyer (Digitale Effekte)

Lighting design

  • Theo Lustig

Key grip

  • Claus Gerling
  • Thorsten Querner

Set design

  • Thilo Mengler

Make-up artist

  • Barbara Kreuzer

Costume design

  • Claudia González Espíndola

Editing

  • Gergana Voigt

Sound editor

  • Andreas Hildebrandt

Sound

  • Einar Marell

Foley artist

  • Martin Langenbach
  • Thomas Knop (Aufnahmen)

Audio mixing

  • Richard Borowski

Music

  • Mosermeyer

Cast

  • Maria Kwiatkowsky
    Alice
  • Pinar Erincin
    Berivan
  • Haluk Piyes
    Ilir
  • Geno Lechner
    Schwester Clara
  • Antje Westermann
    Alices Mutter
  • Julia Mahnecke
    Martha
  • Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
    Josefine
  • Sonia De Martino
    Ines
  • Rita Grote
    Schwester Marita
  • Laura Guilda Grote
    Tanja
  • Corinna Ecke
    Olga
  • Rosa-Luisa Grützmann
    Rübertaz
  • Lisa-Theres Wenzel
    Melanie
  • Young-Shin Kim
    Kellnerin
  • Katrin Wasow
    Fechttrainerin
  • Bettina Schoeller
    HNO-Ärztin
  • Teresa Harder
    Anwältin

Production company

  • X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

in association with

  • intervista digital media GmbH (Hamburg)

Producer

  • Maria Köpf

Producer (TV)

  • Claudia Tronnier

Executive producer

  • Sandra Harzer-Kux

Unit production manager

  • Britta Knöller
  • Tina Mersmann

Production assistant

  • Susanne Steube

Original distributor

  • X Verleih AG (Berlin)

Funding

  • FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH (Hamburg)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • nordmedia Fonds GmbH Niedersachsen und Bremen (Hannover/Bremen)

Shoot

    • 27.08.2003 - 16.10.2003: Hamburg , Niedersachsen
Duration:
2585 m, 94 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.09.2004, 99711, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung: 06.08.2004, Locarno, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 09.12.2004;
TV-Erstsendung: 10.10.2005, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) En Garde

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
94 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
DCP, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo

Original

Duration:
2585 m, 94 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.09.2004, 99711, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung: 06.08.2004, Locarno, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 09.12.2004;
TV-Erstsendung: 10.10.2005, ZDF

Awards

Filmfest Hamburg 2004
  • Otto-Sprenger-Preis
IFF Locarno 2004
  • , Leoparden für die beste Darstellung
  • Silberner Leopard
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/en-garde_ee07ac8224f1bc4ae03053d50b3715a6