Der Mann von der Botschaft
The Man from the Embassy
Herbert is a German embassy official in Tbilisi/Georgia doing his job by the numbers and living an empty existence, immersed in fantasy computer games. Even his Georgian lover Nana can’t bring back his zest for life.
It is an encounter and subsequent friendship with a young refugee girl, twelve-year-old Sashka, which enables him to rediscover laughter and a sense of responsibility for another person. Sashka lives, like most of her fellow-sufferers, desolate in a refugee camp outside Tbilisi.
But their close friendship brings suspicions, corruption and violence and finally Herbert is no longer able to do deal with the situation.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Herbert Neumann
- Sashka
- Nana
- Frau Speck
- Botschafter
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Set design
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Cast
- Herbert Neumann
- Sashka
- Nana
- Frau Speck
- Botschafter
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Co-Producer
Unit production manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 21.07.2005 - 15.09.2005: Tbilisi und Umgebung (Georgien)
Uraufführung (CH): 06.08.2006, Locarno, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Erstaufführung (DE): 10.11.2006, Braunschweig, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 29.11.2007;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 21.01.2009, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Der Mann von der Botschaft
- Arbeitstitel Tabu
- Arbeitstitel Saschka
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (CH): 06.08.2006, Locarno, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Erstaufführung (DE): 10.11.2006, Braunschweig, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 29.11.2007;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 21.01.2009, Arte
Awards
- Bestes Drehbuch
- Bester Darsteller