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Was nuetzt die Liebe in Gedanken
LOVE IN THOUGHTS
Does it really exist, the pinnacle of life? Guenther and
Paul are convinced that it does: they want to live – to
the limit and with no compromises – and they expect
the same of love. Together with Guenther’s sister
Hilde they spend the weekend at a summer house in
the country. Paul is fascinated by Hilde and falls in
love with her. And at first it seems as though she feels
the same about him. But Hilde has many loves. She is
secretly dating Hans – Guenther’s former lover.
With a large group of friends, they have a drunken
bohemian party in the garden. When Hans surprisingly
turns up, he sets in motion a roller coaster of
emotions that soon rages out of control. Drunk on
absinthe, music and their lust for life, the four young
people are caught in a deadly maelstrom.
Genre Drama Category Feature Film Cinema Year of
Production 2003 Director Achim von Borries
Screenplay Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloegten,
based on the original work by Annette Hess & Alexander
Pfeuffer Director of Photography Jutta Pohlmann
Editors Gergana Voigt, Antje Zynga Music by Thomas
Feiner, Ingo Frenzel Production Design Ulrika Andersson
Producers Stefan Arndt, Christophe Mazodier
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in
co-production with ZDF/Mainz, ARTE/Strasbourg
Principal Cast Daniel Bruehl, August Diehl, Anna Maria
World Sales:
Beta Cinema / Dept. of Beta Film GmbH · Andreas Rothbauer
Robert-Buerkle-Strasse 3 · 85737 Ismaning/Germany
phone +49-89-99 56 27 19 · fax +49-89-99 56 27 03
email: ARothbauer@betacinema.com · www.betacinema.com
Muehe, Jana Pallaske, Thure Lindhardt Casting Simone Baer
Length 88 min, 2,400 m Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German Subtitled Version English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital 5.1 Festival
Screenings Sundance 2004, Berlin 2004 (Panorama) With
backing from Filmstiftung NRW, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung,
Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmfoerderungsanstalt
(FFA), BKM German Distributor X Verleih
AG/Berlin
Achim von Borries was born in Munich in 1968. He studied
History, Political Science and Philosophy at the Free
University in Berlin from 1989-1993. He then enrolled at the
German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin and graduated
in 2000. His critically acclaimed graduation film
England! received 15 international awards, among them the
German Film Critics Awards for Best Screenplay and Best
Cinematography. Further work includes the direction of
several short films and the conception of the TV series Berlin
Boomtown together with Hendrik Handloegten, with whom he
also worked on the screenplay to Good Bye, Lenin!. In 2003, he
was awarded the Director’s Prize from the labor union ver.di.
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August Diehl (photo © X Filme)