Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Deutschland 2005/2006 Spielfilm

Summary

Grave Decisions

11 year old Sebastian lives with his father and his older brother in a Bavarian village. Some day the boy finds out that his mother died when she gave birth to him. He not only feels guilty, but also develops a deep fear of death. Night after night he has nightmares in which the Last Judgement comes upon him and he is sentenced to eternal purgatory.

To get over his trauma Sebastian tries to expiate all of his sins. But soon he realises he is committing even more sins by his uncompromising attempts to expiate them. Finally there seems to be only one way to escape the purgatory: he has to become immortal. After a series of unsuccessful attempts Sebastian realises that his only chance to achieve this goal is to become a rock star. As his father is strictly opposed to this, Sebastian takes measures that simultaneously could expiate his "original sin": He must find a new wife for his father!

 

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Credits

Director of photography

Music

Cast

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Assistant director

Script supervisor

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Visual effects

Titles / Opticals

Lighting design

Prop master

Construction manager

Costume design

Sound

Music

Cast

Unit production manager

Location manager

Production coordinator

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 04.07.2005 - 18.08.2005: Bayern
Duration:
2887 m, 105 min
Format:
35mm, Cinemascope
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.07.2006, 106844, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.07.2006, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.11.2008, ARD

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Versions

Original

Duration:
2887 m, 105 min
Format:
35mm, Cinemascope
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.07.2006, 106844, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.07.2006, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.08.2006;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.11.2008, ARD

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2007
  • Lola, Beste Drehbuch
  • Lola, Beste Filmmusik
  • Lola in Silber (ex aequo: Das Parfum), Bester Spielfilm
  • Lola, Beste Regie
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2007
  • Bester Nachwuchsregisseur
  • Produzentenpreis
Filmfest München 2006
  • Förderpreis Deutscher Film Beste Regie
FBW 2006
  • Prädikat: wertvoll