Stopped on Track (2011)
"Halt auf freier Strecke" (original title)

Director:

Andreas Dresen

Writers:

Andreas Dresen (screenplay), Cooky Ziesche (screenplay)

Stars:

Steffi Kühnert, Milan Peschel, Talisa Lilly Lemke

11 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steffi Kühnert	...	Simone Lange
Milan Peschel	...	Frank Lange
Talisa Lilly Lemke	...	Lilli Lange (as Talisa Lilli Lemke)
Mika Seidel	...	Mika Lange (as Mika Nilson Seidel)
Ursula Werner	...	Renate, Simones Mutter
Marie Rosa Tietjen	...	Simones Schwester
Otto Mellies	...	Ernst, Franks Vater
Christine Schorn	...	Franks Mutter
Bernhard Schütz	...	Stefan
Thorsten Merten	...	Tumor
Inka Friedrich	...	Ina
Petra Anwar	...	Palliativärztin
Uwe Träger	...	Diagnosearzt (as Dr. Uwe Träger)
Elke Unmüssig	...	Sterbebegleiterin #1
Brunhilde Sauer-Baur	...	Sterbebegleiterin #2

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | illness | sickness | hospital | cancer

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de]

Country:

Germany France

Language:

German

Release Date:

17 November 2011 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Stopped on Track

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Peter Rommel Productions, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Arte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The doctor in the first scene of the film is a real-life doctor, the scene was shot in his actual office and the phone call he receives is also real.

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Soundtracks

"Love and Mercy"
Music and Lyrics by Eugene Landy and Brian Wilson
Performed by Milan Peschel

User Reviews

A realistic chronology of a tumor

The movie 'Halt auf freier Strecke' draws a realistic story of a family facing a great loss. The film begins from the beginning of an end: at the clinic where a doctor gently delivers a death sentence for a father of a family.

In the story, the parents' roles are solid and their mutual relationship is pictured in a beautiful but not overly romantic way. Outsiders to the nuclear family remain uncomfortable with the thought of death throughout. Amazingly that happens even to the close ones. Only those that are facing death at the daily basis seem to be okay with the idea.

The daughter's role remains strangely distant throughout the movie. It is likely intentional from the director, as for a teenager the thought of someone's death might feel distant. However, if it were one's own father, I would imagine that the response would not necessarily be like the one pictured in the film, especially that the family seems like perfectly average.

The film is probably a great chance for going through one's feelings for anyone who has experienced a cancer death of a close person. For others, it surely is a chance to stop for 110 minutes to think what it would mean for oneself if something tragic suddenly happened in one's own life.

As a non-German viewer, it is refreshing for a change to see good movie-making from Germany motivated by something else than the currently hot "multi-kulti" topic. …and something that made me feel great at the end regardless of the theme was the soundtrack - German rock (when played at the right place at the right time) is just awesome!