Biscuit Tin Blues | © Oliver Kandale
© Oliver Kandale

Biscuit Tin Blues

  • Chew the Soup (Working title)
Independent Feature Film | 2022-2024 | Buddy Film, Fiction, Music, Road Movie, Tragicomedy | Germany

Main data

DirectorJack Rath
Written byJack Rath
ProductionStudio Gyr-Rath [de], Grenzkino GmbH [de], Joroni Produktions- und Verleih GmbH (in association with)

Shooting data

Start of shooting10/10/2022
End of shooting11/11/2022
Number of shooting days25
Filming regionsGermany - Berlin, Germany - Rhineland-Palatinate

Project data

Length of movie1h 30min

Cast

Trailers/Videos

  • Vimeo (English)

Stills

Posters

  • English

Brief synopsis

Kell and Joe, two one-time band mates, meet again in Berlin after the death of their former lead singer and mutual lover Viv. To honor her last wish and pay their respects, they embark on a road trip through the German provinces to her hometown on the banks of the river Rhein.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Jack RathKell [L]
Michael FergusonJoe [L]
Milton WelshHelmut [SR]
Renee StulzViv [SR]
Britta SteffenhagenSabine [SR]
Luka OmotoAmelie [SR]
Rabea LüthiRav [SR]
Tristan BummTim Schwenk [BP]
Gloria BerlinoDr. Giulia Kivago [BP]
Benjamin BronischMichael Klein [BP]
Maciej TyrakowskiStach [BP]
Emanuel TillPatrick Klemens [BP]
Maxi GeithnerMelanie Richter [BP]
Martin EnglerKlaus [BP]
Franz JarkowskiYoung Kell [BP]
Björn JarkowskiYoung Helmut [BP]
Benjamin MajoraBruno [BP]
Cosmo NadjafianFlorian [BP]
Amanda RostásyHelene [BP]
Irene EichenbergerMarta [BP]
Peter ScollinPauly [BP]
Daniel SteinerAlfred [BP]
Dorothee KrügerUli [BP]
Gregor AvianusGabelsberger [BP]
Jamie HollandJoe (young) [BP]
Steven GängeHenri [BP]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Digital compositor / compositing artistNikolai Saratow
ColoristJorge Piquer Rodriguez
Digital intermediate engineerAbdul Twebti
Director of photographyKai Rostásy
Steadicam operatorStefan Olivier
1st assistant cameraStefan Olivier
2nd assistant cameraMax Bertani
Data wrangler / digital loaderMax Bertani
Still photographerTimo Rickmann
Costume designerRegina Gyr
Assistant costume designerKim Trombin
DirectorJack Rath
1st AD (local system)Betty Koschka
EditorHagen Hinkelmann
Additional editorEric Schefter
GafferVitali Kunath
Lighting technician / electricianAlfredo La Corte
Lighting technician / electricianMay Lee
Lighting technician / electricianAlexandru Geru
Lighting technician / electricianOdysseus Sacirovic Konstantinidis
Lighting technician / electricianAndreas Reuther
Makeup artistNathalie Langlois
ComposerRachel Holmshaw
Set decoratorCristina Todorova
Graphic artistOliver Kandale
Graphic artistA.C. Whelan
Production managerManuel Höhne
Assistant production managerNathalie Langlois
Set runnerJulia Enter
ScreenwriterJack Rath
Production sound mixerEric Schefter
Sound re-recording mixerUrs Hauck
Foley recordistErik Zaiser
Foley artistOndrej Swaczyna
Caterer (cook on set)Federico Carrasco

Production companies

CompanyComment
Studio Gyr-Rath [de]
Grenzkino GmbH [de]
Joroni Produktions- und Verleih GmbH
in association with		in association with

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
CostumesAdlershofer Fundus
CostumesCOMME des COSTUMES
KB Regina Gyr		KB Regina Gyr
CostumesWellenstein zeitgenössische Kostüme GmbH
Regina Gyr		Regina Gyr
Locations and StudiosFlatliners GmbH
Makeup and HairMissy Cosmetics
Vehicles and aircraftsBerlin City Cops
Film Processing/TransfersPlanemo UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Image/EditingGrenzkino GmbH
Sound (Postproduction)Konterfei [de]
Sound (Postproduction)Tonstudio Hanse Warns [de]

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2025SwitzerlandSolothurner Filmtage

Links

Reviews
60th Solothurner Filmtage Reviewhttps://sennhausersfilmblog.ch/2025/01/25/biscuit-tin-blues-von-jack-rath/
Film-Netz Solothurner Filmtage Reviewhttps://www.film-netz.com/post/60-solothurner-filmtage-les-courageux-biscuit-tin-blues