Country: Germany
Year: 2011
Duration: 113'
Josephine smarts under the reputation of being “invisible” – a deadly judgment for an acting student! So when famous director Kaspar Friedmann picks her to play the lead role in his new production, Josephine is the first to wonder why. The heroine is a strong, sexually aggressive, self-destructive vamp, the very opposite of Josephine. As she slips into her new role, the borders between theater and reality begin to blur, sending her on a dangerous path toward self-discovery. “I’ve always liked theater. On set there’s something magic going on, but being in a theater, in a big building, feeling the mood after a show, seeing all the actors, who just gave all they had, lying exhausted in their dressing rooms... it’s something else. Something that has always intrigued me. A couple of years ago I heard the story of an actress who attempted suicide right after a show because she was so taken by her character she had no other way to get out of it. This episode greatly influenced the story we wrote afterwards.”
Biography
film director
Christian Schwochow
Christian Schwochow (Bergen auf Rügen, Germany, 1978), after his diploma, began working as scriptwriter for theaters, tv shows and for the radio. He also contributed to the editing of the TV show Polylux. None the less he worked as correspondent and journalist form many TV channels: Ard, Arte, 3sat, Rbb, Swr, Mdr and Ndr. Between 2002 and 2008 he studied direction at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. His first full length movie, November Child (2008), won the audience prize at the Max Ophüls Festival and the Mfg prize at the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival; moreover it was nominated at the First Steps award dedicated to novice film. Cracks in the Shell received the best female actress prize and that of the ecumenical jury at the Karlovy Vary festival in 2011.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Tantalus (cm, 2005), Marta und der fliegende Großvater (Marta and Her Flying Grandfather, mm, 2006), Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (ep. Jäger verlorener Schätze - Der Jahrhundertraub von Quedlinburg, mm, doc., tv, 2007), Novemberkind (November Child, 2008), Die Unsichtbare (Cracks in the Shell, 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Christian Schwochow
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Heide Schwochow, Christian Schwochow
fotografia/cinematography
Frank Lamm
montaggio/film editing
Jens Kübler
scenografia/production design
Kobita Syed
costumi/costume design
Kristin Schuster
musica/music
Can Erdogan Sus
suono/sound
Rainer Heesch
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Stine Fischer Christensen (Josephine Lorentz), Ulrich Noethen (Kaspar Friedmann), Dagmar Manzel (Susanne Lorentz), Christina Drechsler (Jule Lorentz), Ronald Zehrfeld (Joachim), Anna Maria Mühe (Irina), Ulrich Mathes (Ben Kästner)
produttori/producers
Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
produzione/production
Teamworx Television & Film
coproduzione/coproduction
Swr, Arte, Rbb, Berliner Union-Film, Media Factory Berlin, Sommerhaus Filmproduktionen
vendita all’estero/world sales
Bavaria Film International
