Cloud Nine Germany
2008, 98min.
Prod.: Peter Rommel, Script: Andreas Dresen, Jörg Hauschild, Laila Stieler, Conny Ziesche, Dir.: Andreas Dresen, Dir. of Phot.: Michael Hammon, Prod. Design.: Susanne Hopf, Sound: Peter Schmidt; Edit.: Jörg Hauschild
Cast: Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kühnert.
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage. She didn't ask for it. It just happened. There were stealing glances, attraction. But this was never supposed to happen. Inge is in her mid-60s. She has been married for 30 years and loves her husband. But Inge is drawn to this older man Karl, already 76. It's passion. It's sex. And she suddenly feels like a young girl again...
Awards
Best Actress Award (Ursula Wemer), Best Cinematography Award (Michael Hammon, Bavarian Film Award 2009), Un Certain Regard - Jury Coup de Coeur (Cannes IFF 2008), Best Actress (Geneva Cinéma Tout Ecran 2008), Film Award in Bronze Outstanding Feature Film, Film Award in Gold Best Direction (Andreas Dresen), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (German Film Award 2009), Prize Trieste (Trieste IFF 2009).
Production Company
Peter Rommel Productions
| Dresen, Andreas Andreas Dresen (born 1963, Gera, Germany)
Famous director and writer.He began making amateur films in 1979. He was a trainee at the DEFA feature film studio in 1985-86, where he was assistant director to Günter Reisch. He studied directing at the College of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 1986 and graduated 1991. From 1990 to 1992 he took part in Günter Reisch’s master classes at the Berlin Academy of Arts. He has been working as a screenwriter and director since 1992 and became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1998. Halbe Treppe was awarded the Silver Berlin Bear in 2002. Member of jury at the Berlin IFF in 2003.
Filmography
Der Kleine Clown (1985), Schritte des anderen (1987), Jenseits von klein Wanzleben (1989), So schnell geht es nach Istanbul (1991), Silent Country (Stilles Land, 1992), Krauses Kneipe (1993, TV), Mein unbekannter Ehemann (1994, TV), Kuckuckskinder (1994, TV), Andere Leben des Herrn Kreins (1994, TV), Heimatgeschichten - Sprung ins Glück (1995,TV), Heimatgeschichten - Alte Freunde (1995, TV), Freundin wider Willen - Achterbahn (1995, TV), Polizeiruf 110 - Der Tausch (1997, TV), Changing Skins (Raus aus der Haut, 1997, TV), Night Shapes (Nachtgestalten, 1999), Policewoman (Die Polizistin, 2000, TV), Grill Point (Halbe Treppe, 2002), Denk ich an Deutschland - Herr Wichmann von der CDU (2003), Willenbrock (2005), Sommer vorm Balkon (2005), Cloud Nine (2008), Whiskey with Vodka (2009).
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