I've Never Been to New York (2019)

Maria, the mother of television presenter Lisa Wartberg, has an accident with memory loss. All she can remember is that she has never been to New York. Without further ado, the elderly woman smuggles herself aboard a cruise ship.

Director:

Philipp Stölzl

Writers:

Alexander Dydyna (screenplay), Jan Berger (collaboration on screenplay)

Stars:

Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Katharina Thalbach

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Heike Makatsch	...	Lisa Wartberg
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Axel Staudach
Katharina Thalbach	...	Maria Wartberg
Uwe Ochsenknecht	...	Eintänzer Otto
Michael Ostrowski	...	Fred, der Maskenbildner
Pasquale Aleardi	...	Bordzauberer Costa
Marlon Schramm	...	Florian Staudach
Mat Schuh	...	Eintänzer James
Andreja Schneider	...	Edita
Stefan Kurt	...	Kapitän
Cornelius Obonya	...	Senderchef
Judith Neumann	...	Polly
Philipp Hochmair	...	Arzt
Shadi Hedayati	...	Krankenschwester
Frank Zander	...	Trucker

Storyline

For television presenter Lisa Wartberg her job is the most important thing in life. That changes, however, when her mother Maria loses her memory after an accident and suddenly knows only one thing: she has never been to New York. The feisty lady escapes from the hospital and smuggles herself as a stowaway on board a cruise ship to finally experience the city, which never sleeps, up close. Her daughter has no choice but to go on the search for her mother together with her make-up artist Fred. They do find her, but the ship leaves before Lisa and her mother get off board. A chaotic journey across the Atlantic begins, where Lisa not only gets to know passenger Axel and his son, but also her mother makes an exciting acquaintance.

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Plot Keywords:

based on stage musical | german abroad | cruise ship performer | mother daughter relationship | city in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

After Im weißen Rössl - Wehe Du singst! (2013) is this the second musical movie for which Jan Berger worked on the screenplay for.

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Goofs

At several points in the movie, the position of the sun and moon are inconsistent with the ship's west-bound course from Hambourg to New York, with the sunrise appearing in front of the ship, for example.

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Crazy Credits

Before the final credits you can see the words "Merci, Udo" displayed over the postcards on the wall

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Connections

References Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

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Soundtracks

Liebe ohne Leiden
Music by Udo Jürgens
Performed by Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marlon Schramm, Pasquale Aleardi, Michael Ostrowski, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Katharina Thalbach and chorus

User Reviews

Light as a biscuit

Based on th the German stage musical and the songs from Udo Jürgen. A wonderfully feel good movie. That is what are u see, a cast who lives the play a lovely production. This movie has the heart of "let me entertain you" as goal and that is exactly what he is doing. No more no less. Wonderful.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

17 October 2019 (Germany)

Also Known As:

I've Never Been to New York

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ziegler Film, UFA Fiction, Mythos Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1