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Stadt als Beute

Deutschland 2005 Spielfilm

Berlin Stories

"Berlin Stories" was shot in Berlin and is inspired by the theater: three directors developed three astounding tales about the German capital based on rehearsals of a play by Volksbuehne-playwright René Pollesch. The film comments on the relationship between art and life in a tongue-in-cheek way.

Marlon, a young acting student, has to forget the rules of acting he has just learned before he can know how to flesh out his role. He plunges into the vortex of the city for two days and nights.
Lizzy constantly stages herself, but it always goes wrong: no money, no agency, no red carpet. She meets the cute callboy Julian in a bar and turns his biography into her story.
Ohboy, a flâneur, is afraid of the theater rehearsals, so he does not attend them. In a long walk down Potsdamer Strasse, which unites all of Berlin’s facets, he faces his fear of the script, and above all himself.

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Credits

Director

  • Irene von Alberti (1. Episode)
  • Miriam Dehne (2. Episode)
  • Esther Gronenborn (3. Episode)

Screenplay

  • Irene von Alberti (1. Episode)
  • Miriam Dehne (2. Episode)
  • Esther Gronenborn (3. Episode)

Director of photography

  • Dirk Heuer (1. Episode)
  • Felix Leiberg (2. Episode)
  • Patrick Waldmann (3. Episode)

Editing

  • Robert Kummer (1. + 2. Episode)
  • Daniela Kinateder (3. Episode)

Music

  • Don Philippe (1. Episode)
  • Julia Hummer (Song "Bowling in Woodstock")
  • Kissogram (Songs "Forsaken People Come To Me", "Sad Boy", "Forsaken People")
  • Naked Lunch (Songs "In Your Room", "The Retainer")
  • Sitcom Warriors (Song "No. 6")

Cast

  • Richard Kropf
    Marlon (1. Episode)
  • Rolf Peter Kahl
    RP (1. Episode)
  • Anne Osterloh
    Anne (1. Episode)
  • Tadeus Duschek
    Felix (1. Episode)
  • Doris Schretzmayer
    Gudrun (1. Episode)
  • Sven Seeger
    1. Tänzer (1. Episode)
  • Sampson Zaharkiv
    2. Tänzer (1. Episode)
  • Lucas Neubauer
    Lucas (1. Episode)
  • Mario Freivogel
    Lucas (1. Episode)
  • Katja Weilandt
    Mädchen im Café (1. Episode)

Production company

  • Filmgalerie 451 GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin)

Producer

  • Frieder Schlaich

Alle Credits

Director

  • Irene von Alberti (1. Episode)
  • Miriam Dehne (2. Episode)
  • Esther Gronenborn (3. Episode)

Assistant director

  • Kathrin Krottenthaler (1. Episode)
  • Viviana Kammel (2. Episode)
  • Meike Sieveking (3. Episode)

Screenplay

  • Irene von Alberti (1. Episode)
  • Miriam Dehne (2. Episode)
  • Esther Gronenborn (3. Episode)

based on

  • René Pollesch (Bühnenstück)

Director of photography

  • Dirk Heuer (1. Episode)
  • Felix Leiberg (2. Episode)
  • Patrick Waldmann (3. Episode)

Assistant camera

  • Wini Sulzbach (1. + 2. Episode)
  • Jens Köppelmann (3. Episode)

Production design

  • Anette Kuhn (3. Episode)
  • Irina Kromayer (1. + 2. Episode)
  • Anne Grumbrecht (1. Episode)

Set design

  • Inga Damberg (Assistenz)
  • Jörn Lachmann (Assistenz)

Costume design

  • Gina Krauß (1. + 2. Episode)
  • Lidia Visconti (3. Episode)

Editing

  • Robert Kummer (1. + 2. Episode)
  • Daniela Kinateder (3. Episode)

Sound design

  • Jochen Jezussek

Sound

  • Wolfgang Widmer

Sound assistant

  • Felix Karrenbauer
  • Susanne Elgeti

Audio mixing

  • Matthias Schwab

Choreographer

  • Anne Retzlaff (2. Episode)
  • Jessica Weiner (2. Episode)

Music

  • Don Philippe (1. Episode)
  • Julia Hummer (Song "Bowling in Woodstock")
  • Kissogram (Songs "Forsaken People Come To Me", "Sad Boy", "Forsaken People")
  • Naked Lunch (Songs "In Your Room", "The Retainer")
  • Sitcom Warriors (Song "No. 6")

Music (other)

  • Patrick Wagner (Musikberatung)

Cast

  • Richard Kropf
    Marlon (1. Episode)
  • Rolf Peter Kahl
    RP (1. Episode)
  • Anne Osterloh
    Anne (1. Episode)
  • Tadeus Duschek
    Felix (1. Episode)
  • Doris Schretzmayer
    Gudrun (1. Episode)
  • Sven Seeger
    1. Tänzer (1. Episode)
  • Sampson Zaharkiv
    2. Tänzer (1. Episode)
  • Lucas Neubauer
    Lucas (1. Episode)
  • Mario Freivogel
    Lucas (1. Episode)
  • Katja Weilandt
    Mädchen im Café (1. Episode)
  • Christian Reiner
    Sänger (1. Episode)
  • Inga Busch
    Lizzy (2. Episode)
  • Stipe Erceg
    Julian (2. Episode)
  • Julia Hummer
    Julian (2. Episode)
  • Anne Philippi
    Journalistin (2. Epsode)
  • Kira Bunse
    Fotografin (2. Episode)
  • Michel Ruge
    Verkäufer (2. Episode)
  • Andrej Petrenko
    Securitymann (2. Episode)
  • Sascha Kmetic
    Verkäuferin (2. Episode)
  • David Scheller
    OhBoy (3. Episode)
  • Eve Natthawat-Kritsanayut
    Tanya (3. Episode)
  • Hussi Kutlucan
    Vater / Ladenbesitzer (3. Episode)
  • Ahmedin Camdzic
    Sohn (3. Episode)
  • Klaus Hoser
    Penner (3. Episode)
  • Eva-Maria Kurz
    Alte Frau (3. Episode )
  • Raymonda Buchmann
    Fette Frau (3. Episode)
  • Lidia Visconti
    Kneipenbedienung (3. Episode)
  • Torsten Spohn
    Wachmann (3. Episode)
  • Eva Plackner
    Sozialarbeiterin (3. Episode)

Production company

  • Filmgalerie 451 GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Reihe "Das kleine Fernsehspiel")
  • Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin)

Producer

  • Frieder Schlaich

Producer (TV)

  • Claudia Tronnier

Unit production manager

  • Christoph Amshoff

Location manager

  • Bernd Gaul

Original distributor

  • Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)

Shoot

    • 07.09.2004 - 07.10.2004: Berlin
Duration:
2641 m, 93 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 21.04.2005, 102220/K, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.02.2005, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 23.06.2005;
TV-Erstsendung: 31.07.2006, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Stadt als Beute
  • Abschnittstitel (DE) 1. Episode: Marlon
  • Abschnittstitel (DE) 2. Episode: Lizzy
  • Abschnittstitel (DE) 3. Episode: OhBoy

Versions

Original

Duration:
2641 m, 93 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 21.04.2005, 102220/K, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.02.2005, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 23.06.2005;
TV-Erstsendung: 31.07.2006, ZDF

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
91 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, 5.1
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/stadt-als-beute_f9892a373fc334fae03053d50b377c6f