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Schussangst

Deutschland 2002/2003 Spielfilm

Gun-Shy

"Gun-Shy" is a poetic thriller, depicting the desolation and disintegration of Lukas, a misfit. His life takes a strange turn for the worse when he becomes involved in an unrequited love affair with Isabella. Lukas is doing civil service, delivering "meals on wheels" to the old and sick. He has no friends and is surrounded by an eclectic mixture of lonely and eccentric neighbors. He spends most of his time alone. At night he rows on the river which runs through the town, sometimes meeting a diver who plays dead man in the water.

Then Lukas′ life takes on a whole new dimension when he meets Isabella, the melancholy but fascinating girl of his dreams. He falls madly in love with her and very soon his only goal is to protect and look after her. Isabella is everything Lukas could wish for: she is exciting and ethereal, beautiful and sad, but she is also involved in an ambivalent relationship with her step-father. He works as a motivation and success trainer, teaching people how to conquer their fears, while keeping up the happy family pretence. Pressure mounts further in Lukas′ world as he is investigated by a police officer who has him under suspicion after a theft at the boat house.

A seed has been planted in Lukas′ mind and a plan develops almost of its own accord. In order to do what he feels he has to do, Lukas, the pacifist who refused to join the army, buys a rifle. Suddenly the object of his aggression and hate is eliminated and there is no reason for Lukas to have a problem anymore. But Lukas is not the person he used to be. When Isabella starts to distance herself from him, he becomes more and more confused and chaotic. He cannot reach Isabella. He doesn′t know how to deal with it all. His world begins to crumble around him.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Dito Tsintsadze

Screenplay

  • Dirk Kurbjuweit
  • Dito Tsintsadze

Director of photography

  • Manuel Mack

Editing

  • Vessela Martschewski

Music

  • Gio Tsintsadze
  • Dito Tsintsadze

Cast

  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Lukas Eiserbeck
  • Lavinia Wilson
    Isabella
  • Johan Leysen
    Isabellas Stiefvater Romberg
  • Ingeborg Westphal
    Sieveking
  • Rudolph W. Marnitz
    Mann mit Augenklappe
  • Thorsten Merten
    Krausser
  • Axel Prahl
    Schwimmer in der Nacht
  • Christoph Waltz
    Johannsen
  • Lena Stolze
    Isabellas Mutter
  • Lasha Bakradze
    Albaner

Production company

  • Tatfilm Produktion GmbH (Köln)

Producer

  • Christine Ruppert

Alle Credits

Director

  • Dito Tsintsadze

Assistant director

  • Torsten Königs

Dialogue editor

  • Thomas Heinemann

Script supervisor

  • Daniela Blasing

Screenplay

  • Dirk Kurbjuweit
  • Dito Tsintsadze

based on

  • Dirk Kurbjuweit (Roman)

Director of photography

  • Manuel Mack

Assistant camera

  • Thomas Schmidt

Clapper loader

  • Manuela Sackenheim

Optical effects

  • Nefzer Babelsberg GmbH (Babelsberg)

Still photography

  • Steffen Junghans

Lighting design

  • Hans-Werner Huhnke
  • Martin Beyrau

Set design

  • Thilo Mengler

Property master

  • Christiane Rothe

Stand-by props

  • Katalin Fekete

Construction manager

  • Markus Schröder

Title

  • Matthias Albrecht

Make-up artist

  • Kathrin Krüger
  • Martina Richter

Costume design

  • Dana Liebe

Editing

  • Vessela Martschewski

Assistant editor

  • Anna Kappelmann

Negative cutter

  • Heike Thörner

Sound editor

  • Sabrina Naumann

Foley editor

  • Michael Müller

Sound design

  • Thomas Neumann

Sound

  • Harald Lambeck

Foley artist

  • Carsten Richter

Audio mixing

  • Michael Riedmiller

Special effects

  • Nefzer Babelsberg GmbH (Babelsberg)

Casting

  • Sabine Bresser

Music

  • Gio Tsintsadze
  • Dito Tsintsadze

Music performer

  • Mindia Schgenti (Cello)
  • Otar Saganlidze (Bass)
  • Gio Tsintsadze (Gitarre)
  • Mia Kaupik (Flöte)
  • Goolrdzi Turalaskwili (Flöte)

Cast

  • Fabian Hinrichs
    Lukas Eiserbeck
  • Lavinia Wilson
    Isabella
  • Johan Leysen
    Isabellas Stiefvater Romberg
  • Ingeborg Westphal
    Sieveking
  • Rudolph W. Marnitz
    Mann mit Augenklappe
  • Thorsten Merten
    Krausser
  • Axel Prahl
    Schwimmer in der Nacht
  • Christoph Waltz
    Johannsen
  • Lena Stolze
    Isabellas Mutter
  • Lasha Bakradze
    Albaner
  • Marika Giorgobiani
    Frau des Albaners
  • Dirk Kurbjuweit
    Mann mit Zeitung
  • Anneliese Walter
    Tote
  • Ingrid Böttger
    Frau Wessel
  • Artur Dunker
    Mann im Rollstuhl
  • Lieselotte Ehler
    Begleitung des Mannes im Rollstuhl
  • Kurt Rümmler
    Alter Mann
  • Selim Ruppert
    Jonas
  • Helga Petrasch
    Sozialarbeiterin
  • Michael Weidt
    Schäfer
  • Herwig Ritter
    Bootsverleiher

Production company

  • Tatfilm Produktion GmbH (Köln)

in co-production with

  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)/Arte (Mainz)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Christine Ruppert

Co-Producer

  • Selma Brenner

Producer (TV)

  • Walter Greifenstein
  • Alexander Bohr
  • Michael André

Unit production manager

  • Meike Kordes

Location manager

  • Martin Kruppe
  • Angelique Eichenseher (Set)

Production coordinator

  • Gabriella Schultze
  • Ute Lingner
  • Monika Baum

Original distributor

  • Zephir Filmverleih GmbH (Köln)

Funding

  • Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (MDM) (Leipzig)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 01.09.2002 - 31.10.2002: Halle und Umgebung
Duration:
2896 m, 106 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.11.2003, 96188, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 05.09.2003, Toronto, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 26.10.2003, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 15.04.2004;
TV-Erstsendung: 29.06.2005, Arte

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Schussangst

Versions

Original

Duration:
2896 m, 106 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.11.2003, 96188, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 05.09.2003, Toronto, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 26.10.2003, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 15.04.2004;
TV-Erstsendung: 29.06.2005, Arte

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/schussangst_ea43d4a78bd05006e03053d50b37753d