Keine Lieder über Liebe (2005)

Director:

Lars Kraume

Writer:

Lars Kraume

Release Date:

27 October 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus...

Plot Keywords:

Rock Musician | Mother Son Relationship | Berlin Germany | Interview | Alcoholic Mother

Cast

Florian Lukas	...	Tobias Hansen
Jürgen Vogel	...	Markus Hansen
Heike Makatsch	...	Ellen
Monika Hansen	...	Mother
Charlie Rinn	...	Sailor
Thomas Dannemann	...	Barkeeper
Zora Holt	...	Groupie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ralf Dittrich
Felix Gebhard	...	Felix
Matzi Lahni	...	Backliner
Katharina Lorenz	...	Katharina
Max Martin Schröder	...	Max
David Sieveking	...	Tourmanager
Danny Simons	...	Backliner
Thees Uhlmann	...	Thees
Marcus Wiebusch	...	Marcus

Directed by
Lars Kraume

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lars Kraume

Produced by
Henning Ferber	....	producer
Lars Kraume	....	producer
Sebastian Zühr	....	producer

Original Music by
Reimer Bustorff
Max Martin Schröder
Thees Uhlmann
Marcus Wiebusch

Cinematography by
Sonja Rom

Film Editing by
Barbara Gies
Julia Wiedwald

Costume Design by
Ayzit Bostan

Production Management
Günter Fenner	....	production manager

Sound Department
Stephan Konken	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stefan Soltau	....	sound
Stefan Soltau	....	supervising sound editor
Tini Tüllmann	....	boom operator
Patrick Veigel	....	boom operator
Björn Wiese	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Alexa Ihrt	....	cinematographer: second unit
Gustavo Oliva	....	lighting

Editorial Department
Philipp Orgassa	....	colorist

Other crew
Norbert Klingner	....	legal counsel
Rick Ostermann	....	location manager

Thanks
Matthias Glasner	....	thanks
Hinnerk Schönemann	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Film1

Distributors

• Film1 (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Konken Studios  sound re-recording

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Brazil:14 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Bei Chez Heinz, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company:

Film1

Trivia:

Apart from the general idea of the movie there was no actual script. The plot was developed as the band went on tour and all scenes and dialogue were improvised. The emotions of all people involved were supposed to be as real as possible. To enhance this effect, the actors were only allowed to be together when the camera was rolling and were not allowed to talk to each other during breaks.

Quotes:

Ellen:[about Tobi leaving] I think he was offended.
Markus Hansen:Why?
Ellen:[offended] Because we're all offended all the time.

Soundtrack:

Kreisen

A delightful movie!

Not only filmed in a sort-of documentary manner, but also played accordingly very well (except for maybe one scene, in which breaking up is the major topic). The story may not be too inventive, but the manner of presenting it makes the movie worth watching. The facts, that all concerts were set up in a realistic environment with people not knowing that they went to a movie shooting and that the band members are actually not actors give it an authentic atmosphere. The dialogs are quite entertaining, because a lot of clichés about men and women and their relationships are picked up in a humorous way. Men are fallible - don't we all agree on that ;) Heike Makatsch is great, and so are Juergen Vogel and Florian Lukas. It's almost like meeting friends from my own past. Having lived in a town on the German coast for several years, I also like the scene with the lonely sailor. Was he an actor or a real German sailor?