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The Inadequacy to be Together

  • Zigarettenstummel (Working title)
All titles (3)
Medium Length Film | 2021-2022 | Drama | Germany

Shooting data

Start of shooting22/02/2021
End of shooting28/02/2021
Number of shooting days7
LocationsNeustrelitz, Neubrandenburg
Filming regionsGermany - Berlin

Project data

Film financing
Length of movie50
Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)

Brief synopsis

The 70s of the GDR. The Ulbricht era is coming to an end, but Kurt (21 years old), who suffers from borderline, doesn't notice much of all this. He lives completely isolated from any joy of social life in his one-room apartment. Only his half-sister Paula has been visiting him regularly for several months.
But the closeness the two have just found threatens to break apart when deep old wounds suddenly open up again in Kurt.
A fifty-minute chamber play develops between Paula and Kurt, exclusively in Kurt's bedroom. Between closeness and distance, love and hate, cigarette smoke and alcohol, the two sneak around the life-changing truth until it finds its way to the surface and reveals the shocking origin of his illness.

Source: (On-Point-Production)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Lea Freund
Paula [L]
Justin Otto
Kurt [L]
Carolin MaiwaldEva Schneider [SR]
Davy Alec MühleKurt Klein [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
ColoristFranziska Heinemann
Director of photographyMartin Herrmann
Red Scarlet Weapon & XEEN cine lenses
Red Scarlet Weapon & XEEN cine lenses
1st assistant cameraMichael Herbers
2nd assistant cameraNiklas Schüler
Still photographerMax Kühl [1]
Costume designerKatharina Schweizer
Assistant costume designerLeonie Rauhut
DirectorMaximilian Hirsch
1st AD (local system)Yoshii Riesen
EditorMaxi Willmann
GafferFelix Krause
Key makeup artist/hair stylistMaren Hoffmann
Hair stylistSzilard Pal
ComposerMichael Popescu
ProducerMaximilian Hirsch
ProducerCharis Uster
ProducerMartin Herrmann
Creative producerJustin Otto
Production designerCarolin Brand
Assistant production designerAnastazja Gawron
Assistant production designerAna Maria Alarcon Quinche
Assistant location scoutSophie Dietel
Set builderBenjamin Stevens
Graphic artistFelicitas Püls
Graphic Prop/Set Dec - hist. DDR
Graphic Prop/Set Dec - hist. DDR
Assistant production managerAlma Bandemer
Unit manager (local system)Diana Olbert
ScreenwriterJustin Otto
Production sound mixerNils Ettwein
Sound designerLukas Wustmann
Sound designerJens Dewald
Hygiene officerLarissa Dehm
Subtitle editorJudith Quast
Marketing, public relationsAlma Bandemer

Production companies

CompanyComment
On-Point-Production GbR [de]

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Cameras and UtilitiesHand und Fuss Film, Sell & Tredup GbR [de]
Cameras and UtilitiesSee You Rent GmbH
Lighting and UtilitiesCamelot Broadcast Services GmbH
CostumesKostümfundus Babelsberg GmbH
CostumesWellenstein zeitgenössische Kostüme GmbH
Katharina Schweizer
Katharina Schweizer
DecorationBest Design Studio
PropsRequisitenfundus Babelsberg [de]
EquipmentCINE PLUS

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Lea Freund2023Mannheim Arts and Film Festival - monthly online festival [de]
May - Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama
May - Best Actress - Motion Picture - DramaWinner
Justin Otto
2023Mannheim Arts and Film Festival - monthly online festival [de]
May - Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama
May - Best Actor - Motion Picture - DramaWinner
On-Point-Production GbR [de]2023Lonely Wolf International Film Festiva - seasonal festival [us]
December - Feature Film
December - Feature FilmNominated
On-Point-Production GbR [de]2023Mannheim Arts and Film Festival - monthly online festival [de]
May - Best Health and Medicine
May - Best Health and MedicineWinner
On-Point-Production GbR [de]2023Flickers Rhode Island Int. Film Festival [us]
Feature Film
Feature FilmNominated
On-Point-Production GbR [de]2023Los Angeles Film Awards - monthly online festival
June - Best Narrative Feature
June - Best Narrative FeatureWinner