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Neues vom Wixxer THE VEXXER He’s back … meaner and more dangerous than ever … The Vexxer … Scotland Yard’s funniest nightmare! Thick fog is once again covering night-time London. Dark shadows fall on the city like a freshly ironed shroud. Sounds exactly like Edgar Wallace! But honestly, he also had nothing to do with this installment of the Skeletonfaced killer. Three years ago, Chief Inspector Evan Longer and his partner, Very Long, fought the evil gangster for the first time, but ever since he’s re turn ed, Scotland Yard is in shock. The Vexxer has published a death-list and Very Long is on it! The most important thing is to protect the poor and helpless victims, especially the beautiful Victoria Dickham, daughter of Lord Dickham and the secret love-interest of Evan Longer. While the Chief Inspector is in seventh heav - en, the Vexxer starts working his list … Genre Comedy Category Feature Film Cinema Year of Production 2007 Directors Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert Screenplay Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke, Bastian Pastewka Director of Photography Jochen Staeblein Editor Stefan Essl Music by Helmut Zerlett, Christoph Zirngiebl Pro duction Design Matthias Muesse Producer Christian Becker Pro - World Sales Atlas International Film GmbH · Stefan Menz, Dieter Menz, Philipp Menz Candidplatz 11 · 81543 Munich/Germany phone +49-89-2 10 97 50 · fax +49-89-22 43 32 email: mail@atlasfilm.com · www.atlasfilm.com duction Company Rat Pack Filmproduktion/Munich, in co-production with German Filmproduction GFP/Berlin, B.A. Produktion/ Munich Principal Cast Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Joachim Fuchsberger, Christiane Paul, Sonja Kirchberger, Judy Winter, Christoph Maria Herbst, Hella von Sinnen, Christian Tramitz, Oliver Welke, Chris Howland, Wolfgang Voelz, Lars Rudolph, Thomas Heinze, Martin Semmelrogge Special Effects Gregor Eckstein Length 94 min, 2,571 m Format 35 mm, color/b&w, cs Original Version German Subtitled Version English Sound Technology Dolby Digital With backing from FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Bayerischer BankenFonds BBF, Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA) German Distributor Constantin Film Verleih/Munich Cyrill Boss’s films include: Richtung All gaeu (2003), Maerchenstunde: Rapunzel oder Mord ist ihr Hobby (TV, 2006), Maerchen stunde: Zwerg Nase – 4 Faeuste fuer ein Zauberkraut (TV, 2006), and The Vexxer (Neues vom Wixxer, 2007). Philipp Stennert’s films include: Dark (1998), Shadowman (short, 2001), Agujero (2004), Maerchenstunde: Rapunzel oder Mord ist ihr Hobby (TV, 2006), Maerchen stunde: Zwerg Nase – 4 Faeuste fuer ein Zauberkraut (TV, 2006), and The Vexxer (Neues vom Wixxer, 2007). german films quarterly new german films 2 · 2007 58 Scene from “The Vexxer” (photo courtesy of Atlas International Film)
Osdorf The highrise estate Osdorfer Born in west Hamburg is regarded as something of a social hot spot. Although most of the boys from Osdorf weren’t even born in Germany, they feel strongly attached to their neighborhood and proudly display their ghetto identity. However, the boys have their doubts – they are aware that it is a strange world they live in, where a criminal counts more than someone who goes to school. The film follows these boys, in their search for answers to the difficult questions of everyday life – why do they commit crimes? Which other ways can they see for themselves? Do they have dreams? In what way do they feel responsible? It is the ambiguity between the boys’ refreshingly honest reflections and the gangster clichés they copy that lets their charm unfold. To gain respect, certain codes have to be adhered to. Alican and Siar, the film’s protagonists, know the rules of the Osdorf streets. They worked hard for their reputation, and they see hardly any alternative to the lives they live there. Some of the boys from the group take part in the project “Prisoners Help Juveniles”. They are deeply impressed after a visit with inmates of the Fuhlsbuettel correctional facility, “Santa Fu”. They identify with the felons: the meet - World Sales (please contact) Hochschule fuer Film und Fernsehen ’Konrad Wolf’ · Cristina Marx Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11 · 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg/Germany phone +49-3 31-6 20 25 64 · fax +49-3 31-6 20 25 69 email: distribution@hff-potsdam.de · www.hff-potsdam.de ing becomes a reflective experience. However, the film leaves open what consequences this visit may have and what the boys’ future may bring. Genre Society, Youth & Immigration Category Documentary Cinema Year of Production 2007 Director Maja Classen Screenplay Maja Classen Directors of Photography Johannes Neumann, Christoph Lemmen Editor Thomas Krause Music by Nicolas Hoeppner, CC Attack, Adrenalin featuring Danny Producer Max Springer Production Company Hochschule fuer Film und Fernsehen ’Konrad Wolf ’/Potsdam- Babelsberg Length 77 min Format DigiBeta, color, 16:9 Original Version German Subtitled Version English Sound Technology Dolby Surround Festival Screenings Berlin 2007 (Perspectives German Cinema) Maja Classen was born in 1974 in Hamburg. Before her studies at the ’Konrad Wolf ’ Academy of Film & Television from 2000- 2006, she worked as an assistant director and completed a training course in editing and production in San Francisco and studied American Studies, Psychology and German Literature in Hamburg. Her films include: the shorts Nightshot (1999), The Juggler (2000), Alles soll in Erfuellung gehen (2001), Heimat (2003), Tancu (2004), and the documentary features Don’t Forget to Go Home (Feiern, 2006), and Osdorf (2007). german films quarterly new german films 2 · 2007 59 Scene from “Osdorf ” (photo © Katja Ruge)
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