Tour de Force (2014)

Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their ... See full summary »

Director:

Christian Zübert

Writers:

Ariane Schröder (screenplay), Christian Zübert (screenplay adaptation)

Stars:

Florian David Fitz, Julia Koschitz, Jürgen Vogel

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Florian David Fitz	...	Hannes
Julia Koschitz	...	Kiki
Jürgen Vogel	...	Michael
Miriam Stein	...	Sabine
Volker Bruch	...	Finn
Victoria Mayer	...	Mareike
Johannes Allmayer	...	Dominik
Hannelore Elsner	...	Irene
Jan Messutat	...	Jens
Daniela Holtz	...	Agnes
Sean Fenkl	...	Felix
Tom Van Bauwel	...	Arzt
Ina Geerts	...	Arzthelferin
Daniel Roesner	...	Tom (as Daniel Rösner)
Carsten Strauch	...	Jochen

Storyline

Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their closest friends. They all look forward to the adventure, after all they know that what counts the most is the time they spend together. It's only after the tour has begun that Hannes tells his friends that he's suffering from an incurable disease. The trip is to be his last. At first, the group is shocked and helpless, but after they hit the road again, they embark on a wild and one-of-a-kind adventure. Through Hannes, they realize how precious life is. Equipped with a list of things that still remain to do, and aware that nothing will be the same after this trip, they celebrate life as they never did before.

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Plot Keywords:

belgium | friend | bungee jump | assisted dying | ostend | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in ZDF Magazin Royale: Das Problem der deutschen Filmlandschaft (2021)

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Soundtracks

Hot/Swinger Club
Written by Siggi Mueller and Egon Riedel

User Reviews

A touching adventure of true friendship

Dear drama lovers, I really really recommend you to watch this German movie, Hin und weg. This is a really touching adventure of true friendship. In the middle of hypocrisy world and hidden agenda of our daily lives, this movie shows up about being true to be yourself and being true to be real friends, to accept any condition of your friends, without questioning and without force love. This movie makes me realize that there is still true friends in our life to stay in our life no matter what, no matter if destiny will spare us apart, but the most important thing is the presence of our friends to be forever in the boundaries of our self-path of our private journey. Several audiences feel so sad and crying while watching it, especially in the moment when the main actor decided to do euthanasia in Belgium. In Germany, euthanasia is still illegal and how the scenes beautifully show up how he strongly brings her friends to go on bicycle tour from Germany-Belgium in about one week with several challenges, funny moments, and beautiful scenes of nature before he is getting euthanasia. This movie will warm your heart. Love it so much.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

23 October 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Darmadağın

Filming Locations:

Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

EUR4,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,294,493

Company Credits

Production Co:

Majestic Filmproduktion, Viafilm, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1