A film by Simon Verhoeven
At the age of 20, Joachim is unexpectedly accepted into the renowned drama school in Munich and moves into the villa with his grandparents, Inge and Hermann. Between the bizarre challenges of drama school and his grandparents' eccentric, mostly alcohol-fueled rituals, Joachim tries to find his place in the world—
without knowing what role he actually plays in it. Director and writer Simon Verhoeven tells a hilariously funny and deeply moving story about how difficult it is to face your big emotions.
A production by Komplizen Film and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany in co-production with Doll Filmproduktion and Sentana Filmproduktion. Funded by the German Federal Film Fund, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Joachim Meyerhoff
Bruno Alexander
Inge
Senta Berger
Hermann
Michael Wittenborn
Mutter Iris Meyerhoff
Laura Tonke
Vater Richard Meyerhoff
Devid Striesow
Gretchen Kinski
Anne Ratte-Polle
Sabrina Paulsen
Katharina Stark
Director Falkenberg-Schule
Johann von Bülow
Irmgard Köster
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Wolf
Moritz Treuenfels
Co-Director Björn
Rudolf Krause
Regisseur Erich
Friedrich von Thun
Regieassistent Hagen
Tom Schilling
Gisela Marder
Karoline Herfurth
Written and directed by
Simon Verhoeven
Director of Photography
Jo Heim (bvk)
Editing
Denis Bacher (BFS)
Felix Schmerbeck
Music
Segun Akinola
Casting
Nina Haun
Production Design
Tommy Stark
Costume Design
Silke Faber
Hair & Make-Up Design
Christina Baier
Maike Heinlein
Make-Up
Barbara Spenner
Supervising Sound Editor & Mixing
Nico Krebs
Sound Design
Dominik Schleier
Original Sound
Eckhard Kuchenbecker
Co-producers
Steffen Schier, Magdalena Prosteder, Julia Hayungs, Margret Mackuth (Warner Bros.)
Christopher Doll (Doll Filmproduction)
Simon Verhoeven (Sentana Filmproduction)
Producers
Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)
