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No emotion without music: the soundtrack
For „Kokowääh“ the soundtrack is created in cooperation with Sony Music. „Since some of our titles
are still in the demo-stage, we can talk to the artists and have our wishes heard, before the tracks
will eventually be produced“, Tom Zickler reports. „The music business knows, since the success
story of ‚Apologize‘ (from ‚Rabbit Without Ears‘) and ‚I Like‘ (‚Rabbit Without Ears 2‘), what kind of
an importance, what a snowball effect, the participation in a Til Schweiger Film can have. Therefore
the doors of the labels are always open for us“.
Family celebrations, on camera and off
„We appeal to large family audiences, designing the concept to a U-rating, for young children should
be able to watch ‚Kokowääh‘. It has become clear from the previous films how much the kids love
our Emma“, says Tom Zickler. „We noticed at the half-way party, at other set-partys, again and
again. Even my 15-year-old son, who is usually more into action movies, is enthusiastic about Emma.
She is a modern-day Pippi Longstocking: All the children who have watched scenes from our film
beforehand, are keen to have the same pyjamas like the ones Henry cuts for Magdalena”!
Zickler continues: „Patchwork families are a part of everyday life now – for Til it is reality in his
private life, it's the same for me, for many of our friends. The new social family structures have
become established. In any case, it is about getting over traumas, respecting each other and always
putting the wellbeing of the children first: That's the bottom line“.
About working in the Barefoot team, Tom Zickler says: „For Til, creativity is always the most
important. Occasionally it can be strenuous to enable him to do this. But the result speaks for itself“.
There is never any doubt on set that it's Til Schweiger who holds the reins. „Til is an authoritarian
director, who, while he may always be ready with a joke, must not be disturbed when he is working
in concentration“, says Zickler. „There is no other way to do this, because as a director he not only
needs to keep track of the whole, but also has to direct himself as an actor, needing to change
constantly from behind the camera to in front of it, while he has to direct the other actors as well
and give them cues. Emma herself is very much interested in film-making. She is irresistibly charming
and extremely intelligent – unbelievable, how quick on the uptake she is“.
Exactly how compelling the story of „Kokowääh“ is, can be proven by the best reassurance Til
Schweiger – whether as a real or a cinematic dad – received from Emma during the prepping of the
movie: Father and daughter had just finished a read-through of the whole script, and Emma
understood that Magdalena in the film is torn between two fathers. She reflected about it and finally
said: „Oh, Papa, I would settle for you in the long run”!
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