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Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Deutschland 2005/2006 Spielfilm

Grave Decisions

11 year old Sebastian lives with his father and his older brother in a Bavarian village. Some day the boy finds out that his mother died when she gave birth to him. He not only feels guilty, but also develops a deep fear of death. Night after night he has nightmares in which the Last Judgement comes upon him and he is sentenced to eternal purgatory.

To get over his trauma Sebastian tries to expiate all of his sins. But soon he realises he is committing even more sins by his uncompromising attempts to expiate them. Finally there seems to be only one way to escape the purgatory: he has to become immortal. After a series of unsuccessful attempts Sebastian realises that his only chance to achieve this goal is to become a rock star. As his father is strictly opposed to this, Sebastian takes measures that simultaneously could expiate his "original sin": He must find a new wife for his father!

 

Credits

Director

  • Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Screenplay

  • Marcus H. Rosenmüller
  • Christian Lerch

Director of photography

  • Stefan Biebl

Editing

  • Susanne Hartmann
  • Anja Pohl

Music

  • Gerd Baumann

Cast

  • Markus Krojer
    Sebastian
  • Fritz Karl
    Lorenz
  • Jule Ronstedt
    Veronika Dorstreiter
  • Jürgen Tonkel
    Alfred Dorstreiter
  • Saskia Vester
    Frau Kramer
  • Franz Xaver Brückner
    Franz
  • Johann Schuler
    Sepp Graudinger
  • Sepp Schauer
    Proske
  • Heinz Braun
    Gumberger
  • Tim Seyfi
    Irmengard

Production company

  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)

Producer

  • Annie Brunner
  • Andreas Richter
  • Ursula Woerner

Alle Credits

Director

  • Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Assistant director

  • Jacqueline Winkel

Script supervisor

  • Julia Schwarz

Screenplay

  • Marcus H. Rosenmüller
  • Christian Lerch

Director of photography

  • Stefan Biebl

Assistant camera

  • Sebastian Grundt
  • Andreas Erben

Visual effects

  • Jürgen Schopper

Titles / Opticals

  • Darius Ghanai

Lighting design

  • Michael Beitz

Set design

  • Michael Köning (Szenenbild)

Prop master

  • Manfred Mayer

Construction manager

  • Florian Bschorr

Make-up artist

  • Georg Korpás
  • Michaela Häusler
  • Sandra Lipps

Costume design

  • Steffi Bruhn

Editing

  • Susanne Hartmann
  • Anja Pohl

Sound design

  • André Bendocchi-Alves
  • Claudia Enzmann

Sound

  • Frank Hoyer

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Christian Döbler (Stuntteam Carnis Cornutus)

Casting

  • Nessie Nesslauer

Music

  • Gerd Baumann

Cast

  • Markus Krojer
    Sebastian
  • Fritz Karl
    Lorenz
  • Jule Ronstedt
    Veronika Dorstreiter
  • Jürgen Tonkel
    Alfred Dorstreiter
  • Saskia Vester
    Frau Kramer
  • Franz Xaver Brückner
    Franz
  • Johann Schuler
    Sepp Graudinger
  • Sepp Schauer
    Proske
  • Heinz Braun
    Gumberger
  • Tim Seyfi
    Irmengard
  • Pia Lautenbacher
    Evi
  • Klaus Steinbacher
    Toni
  • Johanna Bittenbinder
    Mutter in der Sprechstunde
  • Monika Manz
    Kassiererin im Supermarkt
  • Alexander Liegl
    Notarzt
  • Konstantin Wecker
    Herr Blüml, der Mann im Zug
  • Edeltraud Schubert
    Uroma Evi
  • Robert Joseph Bartl
    Pfarrer Behrents
  • Maximilian Brückner
    Verkäufer im Musikgeschäft
  • Stefanie von Poser
    Sebastians Mutter
  • Anuschka Herbst
    Polizistin

Production company

  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)

in association with

  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München)

Producer

  • Annie Brunner
  • Andreas Richter
  • Ursula Woerner

Producer (TV)

  • Cornelia Ackers (BR)
  • Bettina Reitz (BR)

Unit production manager

  • Barbara Josek
  • Katja Weissinger

Location manager

  • Oliver Cohn

Production coordinator

  • Nancy Dlusztus

Original distributor

  • Movienet Film GmbH (München)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film (Wiesbaden)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 04.07.2005 - 18.08.2005: Bayern
Duration:
2887 m, 105 min
Format:
35mm, Cinemascope
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.07.2006, 106844, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.07.2006, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.11.2008, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Versions

Original

Duration:
2887 m, 105 min
Format:
35mm, Cinemascope
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.07.2006, 106844, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.07.2006, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.11.2008, ARD

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2007
  • Lola, Beste Drehbuch
  • Lola, Beste Filmmusik
  • Lola in Silber (ex aequo: Das Parfum), Bester Spielfilm
  • Lola, Beste Regie
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2007
  • Bester Nachwuchsregisseur
  • Produzentenpreis
Filmfest München 2006
  • Förderpreis Deutscher Film Beste Regie
FBW 2006
  • Prädikat: wertvoll
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