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Falling Rocks

Deutschland 1999/2000 TV-Spielfilm

Falling Rocks

A chartered DC3 Cargo-Liner flies a group of five friends across the wilderness of South Africa. Their destination, Nowhere; an abandoned airstrip close to the Namibian border. From here on the group starts a hiking trip, back to nature, away from the big city lights. For the first night, they set up camp next to a river.

 

Sitting around the campfire they tell each other stories from past times, drink whisky and enjoy their company. Everyone is in a happy camper mood.
Early next morning, they find the body of a dead parachutist by the river. The group examines the corpse and finds a box filled with uncut diamonds, roughly valued at $6 million. What to do? Inform the police? Turn back? But how? They can only move forward, there′s no way back! No mobile phones, nor any other means of communication! Only at the end of their trip will they be able to inform the authorities. But do they really want to do that?
Subtle discords begin to grumble and growl inside their heads, conflicts break out in the open. It′s not a good start for a trip back to nature. On the second day one of the group is killed, on the third day another. The circumstances are mysterious. Are they being followed? The deaths continue day by day until only two members of the group remain. A man and a woman. The trek through the wilderness has turned into a struggle of life and death.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Peter Keglevic

Screenplay

  • Ed Gardiner
  • Ron Peer

Director of photography

  • Alexander Fischerkoesen
  • Hans-Günther Bücking

Editing

  • Moune Barius

Music

  • Jürgen Ecke

Cast

  • Claudia Michelsen
    Jessica
  • Koen De Bouw
    Phil
  • Christoph Waltz
    Louis
  • Anica Dobra
    Barbara
  • Chiara Schoras
    Fiona
  • Aleksandar Jovanović
    Michael
  • André M. Hennicke
    Alex
  • Lloyd Xhasa
    Kleiner Junge
  • Kevin Basel
    Postbeamter
  • Candicé Hillebrand
    Frau am Balkon

Production company

  • TTD Checkpoint Berlin Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Herbert Gehr
  • Michael Helfrich
  • Daniel C. Witte
  • Thomas Zickler

Alle Credits

Director

  • Peter Keglevic

Assistant director

  • Adam Friedländer
  • Eva-Maria Schönecker
  • Sandra Venzke

Screenplay

  • Ed Gardiner
  • Ron Peer

Adaptation

  • Detlef Blettenberg
  • Timothy Tremper

Director of photography

  • Alexander Fischerkoesen
  • Hans-Günther Bücking

Still photography

  • Jürgen Olczyk

Production design

  • Delia de Villiers Minnaar

Prop master

  • Andrew Orlando

Make-up artist

  • Fiona Musselwhite

Special make-up effects

  • Hasso von Hugo

Costume design

  • Ulrike Schütte

Editing

  • Moune Barius

Foley editor

  • Lisa Geffken-Reinhard

Sound design

  • Stefan Busch

Sound

  • Tschangis Chahrokh

Foley artist

  • Jo Fürst

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Anthony Mo Marais

Music

  • Jürgen Ecke

Cast

  • Claudia Michelsen
    Jessica
  • Koen De Bouw
    Phil
  • Christoph Waltz
    Louis
  • Anica Dobra
    Barbara
  • Chiara Schoras
    Fiona
  • Aleksandar Jovanović
    Michael
  • André M. Hennicke
    Alex
  • Lloyd Xhasa
    Kleiner Junge
  • Kevin Basel
    Postbeamter
  • Candicé Hillebrand
    Frau am Balkon
  • Brian O'Shaughnessy
    Pilot
  • Danny Keogh
    Gold Digger
  • Inonge Malumo
    Polizistin

Production company

  • TTD Checkpoint Berlin Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • SevenPictures Film GmbH (Unterföhring)

in association with

  • Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Upstart! Filmproduktion GmbH (Wiesbaden)
  • ProSieben Television AG (Unterföhring)

Producer

  • Herbert Gehr
  • Michael Helfrich
  • Daniel C. Witte
  • Thomas Zickler

Executive producer

  • Christiane Kirsch
  • Timothy Tremper

Line producer

  • Giselher Venzke

Associate producer

  • Benjamin Herrmann

Unit production manager

  • Sheila van Zyl

Shoot

    • 02.11.1999
Duration:
96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 29.06.2000, München, Filmfest

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Falling Rocks

Versions

Original

Duration:
96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 29.06.2000, München, Filmfest

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/falling-rocks_ef7339d5b97e1b53e03053d50b3755a3