Titel Kino 1/2002 - German Cinema

Herz
“Tropical Dive” is the name of a small diving school in a suburb of
Cologne. A group of friends meets there on a regular basis to forget their
day-to-day troubles in the weightlessness of the underwater world. Cem’s
heart beats for Lale, who is standing trial. Georg is having trouble coming
to grips with the fact that his wife Gisela is losing interest in him. Martin
the doctor can’t get the fragile Natalie, who is in his care after a suicide
attempt, out of his mind. And then there’s Marlis, who betrays Günther
with the diving instructor Marcel …
Genre Drama Category Feature Film
Cinema Year of Production 2001
Director/Screenplay Horst J. Sczerba
Director of Photography Carl-Friedrich
Koschnick Editor Marcel Peragine Music by
Dirk Rauf Production Design Volker
Schläfer Producers Manuela Stehr, Stefan
Arndt Production Company X-Filme,
Berlin Principal Cast Florian Fitz, Martin
Roll, Mehmet Kurtulus, Pamel Knaak, Uwe
Bohm Casting Anja Dihrberg, Dirk Fehrecke
Special Effects Das Werk, Dirk Burrekoven
Length 100 min, 2750 m Format 35 mm,
color, cs Original Version German
Subtitled Version English Sound
Technology Dolby SR With backing
from Filmstiftung NRW German
Distributor X Verleih AG, Berlin
Horst J. Sczerba was born in Krefeld and
studied Medicine and worked as a doctor for
many years before he turned to radio, film and
television. In 1991, he wrote his first screenplay
for the Tatort-episode Blutwurstwalzer, directed
by Wolfgang Becker. A year later, he and Becker
edited the screenplay into the award-winning
television film Kinderspiele (1992), followed
by his highly-acclaimed directorial debut Die
Schamlosen (1994), with Jürgen Vogel and
Meret Becker in the leading roles. His other films
include: Eine unmögliche Hochzeit
(1996), Die Unschuld der Krähen (1997)
– winner of the German Television Award, and the
road movie Halt mich fest (TV, 1999).
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Scene from ”Herz“ (photo © Bavaria Film International)