Country: Germany
Year: 2006
Duration: 103'
Seventeen years old Guido suffers since early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to hospital due to an heavy attack he starts to question his personal and familial environment and discovers that his parents’ relationship – which he assumed to be happy and sound – is built on lies. Unable to deal with this disappointment he flees from it and moves in with his older brother. There he gets to know the charismatic scallywag Rudi whom he admires for his independence. Inspired by Rudi, Guido learns to become more of an egoist and, in fact, soon his state of health improves. “I was carrying this story around with me for quite a while, but wanted to wait for the circumstances to fit. When I was allowed to play a part in Stefan Krohmer’s Sie Haben Knut, I got acquainted with producer Peter Rommel and since I often didn’t have to shoot, I got to know him a little better. Eventually it became a friendship, so it stood to reason to have him take a glance at it. He liked it, fortunately.” (Ingo Haeb)
Biography
film director
Ingo Haeb
(Hamburg, Germany, 1970) was a student of KHM, Cologne and afterwards studied script writing at the DFFB, Berlin. After several short films he wrote the story for Narren (2003) and the script for Am Tag Als Bobby Ewing Strab (2005), by Lars Jessen. As an actor he played a role in Sie Haben Knut (2003) by Stefan Krohmers. In 2000 he became a lecturer for script writing and script editing at the KHM, Cologne and was appointed to a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ingo Haeb:
«MTV Alarm» (TV, 1998), Derby (cm, 1999).
Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser:
Neandertal (2006).
Jan-Christoph Glaser
(Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany, 1976), after studying communication sciences and philology at the TU Berlin, he worked as editor and as director of several short films
and the serial “Auftrag Moabit.” In 2003 he co-directed with Carsten Ludwig the feature film Detroit.
FILMOGRAFIA
Jan-Christoph Glaser:
«Auftrag Moabit» (TV, 1998), Glasgow (cm, 2000), Detroit (coregia/codirector Carsten Ludwig, 2003).
Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser:
Neandertal (2006).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser
sceneggiatura/screenplay Ingo Haeb
fotografia/director of photography Ralf M. Mendle
scenografia/set design Oliver Koch
costumi/costume design Elena Wegner, Martina Jeddicke
montaggio/film editor Sarah Levine
musica/music Jakob Ilja
suono/sound Matthias Haeb
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Jacob Matschenz (Guido), Andreas Schmidt (Rudi), Johanna Gastdorf (la madre/mother), Falk Rockstroh (il padre/father), Tim Egloff (Martin), Luana Bellinghausen (Katrin), Philippe Modeß (Jan), Hanna Jürgens (Maria), Jens Münchow (Goran), Marc Zwinz (Bertram), Fabian Hinrichs (Richard), Ronald Mkwanasi (Spencer), Eva Mannschott (la madre di Jan/Jan’s mother), Gunnar Helm (il padre di Jan/Jan’s father)
produttore/producer Peter Rommel
produzione/production Rommel Film, Gfp Medienfonds
coproduttore/coproducer David Groenewold
coproduzione/coproduction Gfp Medienfonds, ZDF, Arte
distribuzione/distribution Rommel Film
sceneggiatura/screenplay Ingo Haeb
fotografia/director of photography Ralf M. Mendle
scenografia/set design Oliver Koch
costumi/costume design Elena Wegner, Martina Jeddicke
montaggio/film editor Sarah Levine
musica/music Jakob Ilja
suono/sound Matthias Haeb
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Jacob Matschenz (Guido), Andreas Schmidt (Rudi), Johanna Gastdorf (la madre/mother), Falk Rockstroh (il padre/father), Tim Egloff (Martin), Luana Bellinghausen (Katrin), Philippe Modeß (Jan), Hanna Jürgens (Maria), Jens Münchow (Goran), Marc Zwinz (Bertram), Fabian Hinrichs (Richard), Ronald Mkwanasi (Spencer), Eva Mannschott (la madre di Jan/Jan’s mother), Gunnar Helm (il padre di Jan/Jan’s father)
produttore/producer Peter Rommel
produzione/production Rommel Film, Gfp Medienfonds
coproduttore/coproducer David Groenewold
coproduzione/coproduction Gfp Medienfonds, ZDF, Arte
distribuzione/distribution Rommel Film
