GFQ 2-2007 - german films

Preussisch Gangstar
PRUSSIAN GANGSTARS
Prussian Gangstars is a slice of life view of three youths
in small-town Brandenburg. The idyllic setting and the
modest prosperity of the community mask the problems
with which the young people have to contend. Nico is a
school drop-out, dreaming of a hip-hop career. Tino, in an
effort to satisfy the expectations of his mother, struggles
to gain his lower school certificate. Oli wants to open a
club, but his girlfriend dreams of leaving their hum-drum
provincial life behind them. The difficulties seem routine
enough. Nonetheless, an unfathomable void develops be -
tween their youthful values and those of their parents.
Only their friendship gives them a degree of security.
Together they are the “Prussian Gangstars”.
Genre Coming-of-Age, Drama Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2007 Directors Irma-Kinga Stelmach,
Bartosz Werner Screenplay Irma-Kinga Stelmach, Bartosz
Werner Directors of Photography Andreas Bergmann, Ben
Pohl Editor Marc Hofmeister Music by Benjamin Krbetschek,
Preussisch Gangstar, Kolonne Ost Producer Philip Pratt
Production Company Fortuna Film/Berlin, in co-production
with Hochschule fuer Film und Fernsehen ’Konrad Wolf ’/Potsdam-
Babelsberg Principal Cast Mario Knofe, Robert Ohde, Benjamin
Succow Length 88 min Format HDV Blow-up 35 mm, color,
1:1.85 Original Version German Subtitled Version English
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Sound Technology Stereo Festival Screenings Ophuels
Festival Saarbruecken 2007, Filmkunst Fest Schwerin 2007, Filmfest
Cottbus 2007 Awards Best Original Score Saarbruecken 2007
With backing from MSH Schleswig-Holstein, Filmbuero
Bremen
Irma-Kinga Stelmach was born in 1975 in Boleslawiec/
Poland and has been living in Germany since 1989. After taking a
diploma in Fine Arts in Berlin, she studied at the Central Saint
Martins College of Art & Design in London and at UIC Chicago. She
has been studying Directing at the ’Konrad Wolf ’ Academy of Film
& Television since 2002. Her films include: Kurowski Shop
(2001), Happy Christmas (Frohe Weihnachten, 2002),
Jubilate (2004), hold.me.loose (halt.mich.los, 2005),
afterhour (2006), and Prussian Gangstars (Preussisch
Gangstar, 2007).
Bartosz Werner was born in 1979 in Bielsko Biala/Poland and
has been living in Germany since 1986. He studied at the ’Konrad
Wolf ’ Academy of Film & Television from 2000-2006. His films
include: Seven Seconds (Sieben Sekunden, 2001), Mr.
Hollywood Star (2002), New Worlds (Neue Welten,
2003), Sweet Lullabies (2004), Highway (Autobahn,
2005), Kinzels Backyard (Kinzels Hinterhof, 2006), and
Prussian Gangstars (Preussisch Gangstar, 2007).
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Scene from “Prussian Gangstars” (photo © Fortuna Film)